CODRINGTON/READE NO 70. BOX 35. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Tārīkh-i Sind by Maʻṣūm, Mīr Muḥammad, 1538-1606
Title: Tārīkh-i Sind
Title: تاريخ سند
Title: Taʼrīkhi-i Maʻsūmī
Title: تاريخ معصومي
On watermarked European paper. Folio one, recto: a) signature of John Romer. b) Stamp, with name filled in in ink: Presented to the ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY by John Romer Esq Folio one, verso, in pencil: This work is imperfect in many places H G Raverty A history of Sind from the Muhammadan conquest to its annexation to Akbar's Empire.
Incipit: Bar dama'ir i safiyyah i kar-agahan i 'alam i bi-asas
Language(s): Persian.
References
Storey, i, pp. 651-3.
Rieu, i, p. 291.
Ethe, No 436.
Romer's gift is described in the Donations Register for November 18 1848 and the Journal for 1837, p. xiv.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: Folios 223
Dimensions (leaf): 8.5
Layout
11 lines on a page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq.
Binding
Red leather European-style binding. Loose.
History
Origin: Dated A.H. 1233.
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