RAS Persian 354 (bis) (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)

Written by Nasih, Zahir and Saburi, poets of Sistan. Not in fact in Codrington/Reade. The initial and seemingly only entry is on a loose sheet in the Library copy of Codrington. The number is supplied by A.H.Morton. Copied from a MS in the possession of Malim Muhammad 'Azim Khan of Deh 'Abbas Khan near Kuh-i Khwajah, at the order of Col. A.H. McMahon, on the Perso-Afghan Boundary Commission. Possibly n preface with praise of God etc has been omitted. 2nd front flyleaf verso: Presented by Colonel Sir A.H. MacMahon (sic) K.C.S.I. Page 344, margin: paraph, evidently of Maulabakhsh, dated 30-10 1903. A history in verse of the rulers of Sistan, from the earliest times up to the end of the eighteenth century. Margins, dividers and headings in red. On paper with chainlines watermarked GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. Scribe: Babu Harnam Singh. MS examined by Khan Bahadur Maula Bakhsh.

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