RAS Persian Uncat 2 (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Sayr al-Bilad by Mughal Beg
F1a: a) Signature of Ellis, dated 16.12.08. b) Signature, C.A. Storey c) In Ellis's hand: Luzac (Raverty). Front flyleaf, recto, pasted slip with handwritten description of the manuscript, the price Đ2 and the number E(llis?) 72. Front flyleaf, verso, price 30/-. An account of travels in N. India the Punjab and Afghanistan, undertaken in the 1790s on behalf of Lieut.-Col. Francis Wilford. This MS contains the introduction and the last two sections of 4. Headings and punctuation in red.
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Physical Description
Layout
18 lines to the page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq. Nur Muhammad Qandahari
Binding
English half-leather and marbled paper binding.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Bequest of C.A. Storey, presumably. Formerly in the Library of Major H.G. Raverty.
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