CODRINGTON/READE NO 64. BOX 31. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Tarikh i Firishtah, or Gulshan i Ibrahimi by Firishtah, Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī
A table of contents (one folio) precedes the text. Second front flyleaf, recto: Note of price of 100 rupees in words and siyaq. Inside front cover, printed slip: Lieut. Col. Briggs. Introduction and first two books, up to the death of Akbar, with omissions. Recension not checked. Part of the same work as Codrington/Reade No 61. Some rubrication.
Incipit: Pish-i wujud-i hama ayandigan * pish-i baqa-yi hama payandigan (Meaning?)
Language(s): Persian.
References
As for Codrington/Reade No 61.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: Folios 349
Dimensions (leaf): 11.25
Condition
Worm damaged.
Layout
17 lines on a page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq.
Binding
Red leather Oriental binding with tooled and painted decoration.
History
Availability
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