RAS Persian 85. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Mirʼāt-i Aḥmadī by ʻAlī Muḥammad Khān, 1700?-
Title: Mirʼāt-i Aḥmadī
Title: مرآت احمدي
Folio one, recto: two impressions of small bevelled rectangular seal: David Pris 1210. Last back flyleaf, verso: When kindred souls shall blend in [one?] another. Red leather Oriental bind with blind stamped and tooled decoration. Spine a European replacement. Detached portions of the work, as described in Morley's printed catalogue. Parts of the same work as Codrington/Reade No 82. Space for rubrics left unfilled.
Incipit: Fihris-i nuskhah-i daftar-i kull-i hamd-i padshah malik al-mulk
Language(s): Persian.
References
As for RAS Persian 82.
For Price's bequest see the Journal for 1836, pp. xii-xiv (an obituary note p. lx).
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: Folios 92
Dimensions (leaf): 9.75 × 5.75 in.
Layout
13 lines on a page
Hand(s)
Shikastah Amiz.
History
Availability
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