ms. 44741 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)

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Persian translation of the Mahabharata produced in Jammu or Kashmir during the rule of Gulab Singh, 1846-1857. Dated samvat 1911-12.

Incipit: اي صاحب فضل و جود و احسان هر نام تو ساخت مشكل آسان

Explicit: ترجمه...شريمهاراتهه... بتاريخ چهارم ماه مار سموت یکهزار و نهصد و دوازده...در عهد نظامت ...مهاراج گلاب سنگه

Language(s): Persian

Form: codex

Extent: 460 f.

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Nasta'liq. Text rubricated.

Six paintings in a Pahari style.

Origin: 1853 CE

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