CODRINGTON/READE NO 49. BOX 19. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Habib al-siyar. Vol. II by Khvānd Mīr, Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn ibn Humām al-Dīn, ca. 1475-1535?
Title: Habib al-siyar. Vol. II.
Front flyleaf, recto: Presented by Sir John Malcolm May 19. 1827. Part of the same work as Codrington/Reade No 46. Ruled margins covering juncture of paper of text and margins.
Incipit: Al-hamdu lillah alladhi ja'ala lil-nabiyyin lisan sidq 'aliyyan
Language(s): Persian.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: Folios 457
Dimensions (leaf): 10.5 × 5.75 in.
Layout
20 lines on a page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq.
Binding
Brown leather European binding with tooled decoration on spine and edges of covers.
History
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