CODRINGTON/READE NO 59. BOX 28. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
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1 copy of Ṭabaqāt-i Akbarshāhī by Niẓām al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Muqīm Harawī
First folio, recto; note of inspection dated 19 Rabi' II 1064, with an obscure, but possibly identifiable (Shahbaz?), round seal impressed beneath it.. Stamp with space left for name: Presented to the ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY by John Romer Esq. Two faint impressions of small oval seal of Shankar Das Shiwsaha'i? dated to a regnal year 10. Last folio, verso. Three clear impressions of Shankar Das's seal. aA general history of India, from Sebuktigin Ghaznawi to the Author's own time in Akbar's reign. Headings in red.
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Physical Description
Layout
21 lines on a page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq.
Binding
Imperfect in places, and has been disarranged in binding. Brown leather Oriental binding with blind-stamped decoration. European replacement to spine.
History
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