RSPA 67* (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
Contents
Seventh volume of Bustān-i Khayāl
Language(s): Persian
Title: Bustān-i KhayālTitle: بستان خیالIncipit: که از وقت بنای ظلم برای راهExplicit: هر ساکن در بغلشThis is the seventh in a series of seven volumes of the Bustān-i Khayāl in the Jones collection.
There is a loose folio before the beginning of the textblock, which has a list of texts and authors under the subheadings "In Murshidābād" and "in ʿAẓīmābād". Onthis, Jones has written "The four marked * are now the only books wanted by Kāsim".
He has also annotated this page "charming Persian tales".
Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: Thin, white, woven paper.Extent: ff.iii229+iDimensions (leaf): 220 × 160 mm.Foliation:European numerals in pencil.
Condition
Serious worm damage.
Layout
Hand(s)
Fine black nastaʿlīq with rubrications
Decoration
Additions:Binding
Red leather European-style Indian binding.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1770 - 1792 CE ; IndiaProvenance and Acquisition
RSPA 1-118 were presented to the Royal Society in January 1792 by Sir William and Lady Jones. These manuscripts were presented by Lady Jones.
The Royal Society's collection of 280 Persian and Arabic, and 86 Sanskrit manuscripts were transferred to the India Office Library in 1876.
1876
India Office Library
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on E. Denison Ross and E. G. Browne, Catalogue of two collections of Persian and Arabic manuscripts preserved in the India Office Library (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1902), p.55 no. LXII-LXVII*Availability
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