Persian MS 872 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: Daily reports on the matters of nobles of North West India and the Punjab addressed to Colonel Dear (or Dare) by the Munshī Ghulām Ḥussain Khān covering 28th March 1820 to 7 September of the same year.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 132 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 24.2 × 14.5 cm.
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History
Origin: 30 March 1820 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands, on behalf of the John Rylands Library, in 1901 from James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford.
Record Sources
Bibliographical description based on an index created by Reza Navabpour circa 1993. Identification of provenance based on manuscript catalogue by Michael Kerney, circa 1890s.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
Iran Heritage Foundation
The John Rylands Research Institute
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