CODRINGTON/READE NO 52. BOX 27. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)

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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Habib al-siyar. First two and part of the third chapter of Vol. III by Khvānd Mīr, Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn ibn Humām al-Dīn, ca. 1475-1535?
Author: Khvānd Mīr, Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn ibn Humām al-Dīn, ca. 1475-1535? خواند مير، غياث الدين بن همام الدين
Title: Habib al-siyar. First two and part of the third chapter of Vol. III.

Ends rther abruptly, but neatly at the bottom of the page. Second flyleaf, recto: Presented by Sir John Malcolm May 19. 1827. Part of the same work as Codrington/Reade No 46. History of the Mongols, Khans, Mamluks, Muzaffarids, and other contemporaries, and of Timur and his descendants. fHeadings in red. Ruled margins. Illumitated panel above beginning of text.

Incipit: Ya rabb bi-thana-yi khwud sukhansazam kun
Language(s): Persian.

References

As for Codrington/Reade No 46.
Malcolm's gift is described in the Donations Register for 19 May 1827 and in the Transactions for 1830, pp. xcix-c.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: Folios 395
Dimensions (leaf): 9.75 × 5.75 in.

Layout

21 lines on a page

Hand(s)

Nasta'liq.

Binding

Brown leather European binding, with tooling on spine.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by Sir John Malcolm.

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