RAS Storey Persian 2 (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)

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1 copy of Munsha'at-i Madhu Ram by Mādhū Rām

Author: Mādhū Rām مادهو رام

Title: Munsha'at-i Madhu Ram

Pasted inside the front cover is a card in the hand of Simon Digby describing the work. A collection of specimens of Madhu Ram's letters and other documents in two sections. The first contains items composed for Lutfallah Khan and Kokaltash Khan, the second the author's own correspondence. Possibly a selection of the original. Headings and punctuation in red.

Incipit: Bar dabiran-i daqiqah-ras wa raushan-damiran-i subh-nafas

Language(s): Persian.

References

Storey, iii, pp. 339-40.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: Folios
Dimensions (leaf): 8.5

Layout

12-14 lines to the page

Hand(s)

Nasta'liq. 'Abd al-Ghaffar

Binding

Indian half-leather and marbled paper binding.

History

Origin: Evening.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bequest of C. A. Storey.

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