ms. 47648 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)
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2 works by anonymous authors on the subjects of Pigeons, Birds, and Falconry
A transcript, made from an original in the possession of Mir Nasir 'Ali Sahib Khan Bahadur, of an anonymous treatise in four abwabs on the training and care of pigeons.
An anonymous treatise on the hunting and training of birds, with notes on what birds are lawful prey, in twelve fusul, transcribed from an original in the possession of Mir Nasir 'Ali Sahib Khan Bahadur. The work is dedicated to Sultan Badi' al-Zaman Bahadur Khan, prsesumably the eldest son of Sultan Husayn of Herat (d. 920/1514 or 921/1515)
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Nasta'liq
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Presented by Douglas Craven Phillott
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
Subjects
- Pigeons
- Birds
- Falconry
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