CODRINGTON/READE NO 70A. BOX 35. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Chachnāmah by Kūfī, ʻAlī ibn Ḥāmid active 13th century
The MS is not in Codrington's printed list. Reade's entry is taken from a handwritten addition to the Library's interleaved copy of Codrington. Copied from a MS damaged at the beginning. History of Chach, Rajah of Alor, and the Arab conquest of Sind. The same work as No 359. Sabbagh (scribe) is possibly not a name. Rubricated headings and punctuation.
References
Physical Description
Layout
11 lines on a page
Hand(s)
Ta'liq. Sabbagh
Binding
Half-leather European binding.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Presented by Sir Frederick Goldsmith.
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