MS. S. Digby Or. 173 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Contents

Summary of Contents: 2 works by Ḥājjī Sayyid Najaf ʻAlī walad Sayyid Malik Muḥammad Khān Lāhūrī on the subjects of India and Jammu and Kashmir
1. 1a-17a
Author: Ḥājjī Sayyid Najaf ʻAlī walad Sayyid Malik Muḥammad Khān Lāhūrī حاجى سيد نجف على ولد سيد ملك محمد خان لاهورى
Title: Ṣurat-i jamʻ wa-kharj-i māliyāt-i Qandahār
Title: صورت جمع و خرج ماليات قندهار
Colophon:
Language(s): Persian

References

S. Digby, Travels in Ladakh 1820–21: the Account of Moorcroft’s Munshi, Hajji Sayyid Najaf ‘Ali, of his Travels, Asian Affairs, London, xxix, pt III, Oct. 1998, pp. 299–311.
2.
Author: Ḥājjī Sayyid Najaf ʻAlī walad Sayyid Malik Muḥammad Khān Lāhūrī حاجى سيد نجف على ولد سيد ملك محمد خان لاهورى
Title: [Travels]

An account of Moorcroft's travels in Ladakh in 1820-21.

Colophon:
Language(s): Persian

References

S. Digby, Travels in Ladakh 1820–21: the Account of Moorcroft’s Munshi, Hajji Sayyid Najaf ‘Ali, of his Travels, Asian Affairs, London, xxix, pt III, Oct. 1998, pp. 299–311.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff. 86
Dimensions (leaf): 25.4 × 20 cm.
Dimensions (written): 17.3 × 14.5 in.

Layout

10

Hand(s)

Shikastah-Nastaʻlīq

Binding

Bound in apricot and blue marbled paper over boards with leather trim.

History

Origin:

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Mr. Simon Digby.

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

Record Sources

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

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Digital Images

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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