RAS Persian 127 (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
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1 copy of Pādishāh′nāmah by Lāhawrī, ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd, d. 1654 or 5
Folio one, recto: Presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by Abraham Welland Esq through Graves C. Haughton Esq. June 1830. Folio one, verso, in margin, seemingly authentic autograph note of Shah Jahan: Jild-i awwal-i Padshah-namah-i in niyazmand-i dargah-i bi-niyaz. Harrarahu Shihab al-Din Muhammad Sahib-qiran-i thani Shah Jahan Badshah-i Ghazi. A history of the reign of Shah Jahan. Vol. I. Containing preface and an account of his ancestors and of the first ten years of his reign. Illuminated initial opening. Ruled margins. Red headings and punctuation.
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Physical Description
Condition
A manuscript of high quality, which has suffered some damage, though most of the text survives. Margins and other parts of many damaged pages have been carefully repaired.
Layout
15 lines on a page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq. ‘Abd al-Salām Lāhawrī
Binding
Blue leather binding with tooled decoration. (Carnegie U.K. Trust grant, 1929 - see front flyleaf 4 recto.)
History
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