RAS Ellis Persian 17 (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of ʻImād al-saʻādat by Ghulām ʻAlī Naqvī
Title: ʻImād al-saʻādat
Title: عماد السعادت
A history of Burhan al-Mulk Sa'adat Khan and his successors, the Nawab Viziers of Oudh, with some mention of the British Governors General etc. The work was written at the suggestion of Colonel John Baillie ('Imad al-daulah, Afdal al-Mulk Bahadur, Arsalan Jang), who was resident of Lucknow 1807-1815. Red headings and punctuation. Red and blue ruled margins.
Incipit: Naghmah-furushi minqar-i 'andaliban
Language(s): Persian.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: Folios 196 of text; 4 of list of contents at beginning
Dimensions (leaf): 10.5 × 6.5 in.
Layout
17 lines to the page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq.
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