MS. S. Digby Or. 127 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Oriental Manuscripts Simon Digby Oriental Collection

A mathnavī describing the campaign of Warren Hastings against the Mahārāja Chait Singh of Benares in 1781.

Defective at beginning.

Language(s): Persian

Form: codex

Extent: ff. 372+xxxvii

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Large, coarse Nastaʻlīq

Origin: Undated [Late 18th century]. CE

Sir Thomas Phillipps Collection, MS. no. 3077.

Sotheby and Co., November 1968, Lot. 150.

The collections of Mr. Simon Digby.

Donated to the Bodleian Libraries by the Trustees of the Simon Digby Memorial Charity, April 2015.

Manuscript description based on handlist of Simon Digby with additional enhancements by the Fihrist team.

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