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Title: Persian Letter to James Robertson (1714-95), Professor of Hebrew, University of Edinburgh,

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.

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Nastaligh

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marginalia Marginal notes in
orthography
paper

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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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