K. 9 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: A list or census of all the houses and other buildings in Tihrán, compiled in
1269/1852-3 by command of Náşiru'd-Din Shah: عدد خانها و سایر بناهای دار الخلافه باهره طهران حقت بالامن والامان كه حسب الامر قدر
قدر وارث گاه جمشید و ثالث ماه و خورشید شاهنشاه جمتجاه ادام الله ايام دولته وزمان شوکته در
آخر سال سیچقان ئیل مطابق با هجری تشخیص یافته غیر از بیرون دروازها که در آخر
کتابچه جداگانه نوشته شده و علاحده میزان بسته گشته دخلی بشهر ندارد ١٢٦٩ This MS., from the Schindler library, constitutes a directory of the Persian
capital for the year indicated (A.D. 1853), the character, size and ownership of each
house, small and great, being specified. It is evidently the original MS., and would be of great value to anyone concerned with the topography, size and social life of
Tihrán at that period. Unfortunately for the non-Persian reader many of the
particulars given are written in the hand called raqam or siyáq commonly used in
Persia for keeping accounts. Ff. 188 of 21'5 × 15 c. and from 10 to 15 entries in four or five columns on each
page. The writing, a small, neat nim-shikasta, is good of its kind. There is no
colophon.
1269/1852-3 by command of Náşiru'd-Din Shah: عدد خانها و سایر بناهای دار الخلافه باهره طهران حقت بالامن والامان كه حسب الامر قدر
قدر وارث گاه جمشید و ثالث ماه و خورشید شاهنشاه جمتجاه ادام الله ايام دولته وزمان شوکته در
آخر سال سیچقان ئیل مطابق با هجری تشخیص یافته غیر از بیرون دروازها که در آخر
کتابچه جداگانه نوشته شده و علاحده میزان بسته گشته دخلی بشهر ندارد ١٢٦٩ This MS., from the Schindler library, constitutes a directory of the Persian
capital for the year indicated (A.D. 1853), the character, size and ownership of each
house, small and great, being specified. It is evidently the original MS., and would be of great value to anyone concerned with the topography, size and social life of
Tihrán at that period. Unfortunately for the non-Persian reader many of the
particulars given are written in the hand called raqam or siyáq commonly used in
Persia for keeping accounts. Ff. 188 of 21'5 × 15 c. and from 10 to 15 entries in four or five columns on each
page. The writing, a small, neat nim-shikasta, is good of its kind. There is no
colophon.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 188
Dimensions: 21.5 × 15 cm.
Layout
10 to 15 entries in four or five columns on each page.
Hand(s)
A small, neat nim-shikasta script, good of its kind.
History
Origin: 1269 AH; 1852-3 CE
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.
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