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1 copy of Ḥadīqat al-ʻālam by Mīr ʻĀlam, Abū al-Qāsim ibn Raz̤ī al-Dīn
Title: Ḥadīqat al-ʻālam
Title: حدیقة العالم
Folio one, recto, stamp, the name entered in ink: Presented to the ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY by Major Genl. Bagnold. History of the Qutb-Shahs and Nizams of Haidarabad. The first Maqalah, on the Qutb-Shahs, only. Headings and punctuation in red.
Incipit: Nizam-i mulk-i sukhanwari wa intizam-i qalamraw-i ma'ni-gustari
Language(s): Persian.
References
Storey, i, pp. 750-2.
Rieu, i, pp. 320-21.
Ethe, No 465.
Entered in Donations Register for March 7 1857.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: Folios 336
Dimensions (leaf): 12
Layout
15 lines on a page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq.
Binding
Red leather binding with stamped and painted decoration. Presumably Oriental but with European-style bands on spine.
History
Origin: Aurangabad. 14 Muharram A.H. 1258.
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