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1 copy of نامه فارسي
Title: نامه فارسي
Roll containing illuminated address to James Robertson (1714-95), Professor of Hebrew, University of Edinburgh, dated AH1199/AD1784. This letter contains some Ayat from Quran and some lines from Sadi Shirazi poem. The writer used Ayat to emphasise points
Incipit: (basmalla) قبله ارباب فضايل وکعبه اصحاب فواضل مدظله العالي
Explicit: في تاريخ غره شهر شعبان المعظم الف سني ومائة وتسعة وتسعين
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 1ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 27.5 × 7.25 in.
Dimensions (written):
Foliation:
Collation
Layout
Hand(s)
Nastaligh
Additions:
- marginalia Marginal notes in
- orthography
- paper
Binding
History
Origin: 1119 AH; 1784 CE
Record Sources
Record based on Handlist held in University of St Andrews Library, Special Collections, with additional enhancements by the Fihrist team
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