CODRINGTON/READE NO 69 (9). BOX 33. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)

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Contents

1 copy of A letter from the Emperor Shah 'Alam to George III of England

Title: A letter from the Emperor Shah 'Alam to George III of England.

First flyleaf, recto: a) Letter from Sha Aalum to his Majesty George 3. b) At bottom left: G. Bound with Codrington/Reade No 69 (1). The seventh item in the volume. The Emperor asks for five or six thousand men to be sent to help to establish himself on the throne. There must be other copies.

Incipit: Shukr u sipas i bi-qiyas nithar i bargah i khaliq al-samawat wal-ard

Language(s): Persian.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: Folios 3
Dimensions (leaf): 8.5

Layout

14 and 15 lines on a page

Hand(s)

Shikastah Amiz.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by Sir John Malcolm.

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