RAS Persian 98. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Tuzuk-i Timuri by Salar Muhammad son of La'l Muhammad
Second flyleaf, recto: declaration of Ghulam Muhammad dated 4 Sha'ban 1239 recording his gift of the book to 'Ali Sahib at Sikandrabad, attested by four witnesses. Final folio, verso: a plan of a battle formation, such as is found in the text, but laid out on ruled pencilled lines, with the units shown in the European fashion as blocks with flags on. Headings punctuation and vocalisation in red, largely confined to the opening and closing pages. Text consists of The Institutes of Timur.
References
Physical Description
Layout
10 lines on a page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq.
Binding
Red cloth English binding, with title etc. tooled on spine, in 1971 as noted inside front cover.
History
Availability
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