Kitāb-i qiṣṣah-ʼi Kāmʹrūp
- Holding institution:
- Library of Congress
- Data provider:
- Library of Congress
- Title:
- Kitāb-i qiṣṣah-ʼi Kāmʹrūp
- Date:
- 1788
- Description:
- Manuscript. Persian Caption title. Name of scribe not indicated; perhaps written by Captain William Franklin. Written in India. Paper; think, polished, cream-color laid paper; no visible chain lines or watermarks; black ink with some marginal notes in English; red ink in caption only; catchwords on rectos. Note on flyleaf: [2 words illegible] Guiliemi Franklin Liber Kissa Camarùp vel Historia Canaropi principiis ex antiquo descritte[sic] in Persicam versionen et redditam. Auctore Mahomed Sale A.D. 1770 celeberrimi apud Berhampore [illegible] Allah Shah Jelal Abâdi. Translated by me and sent to Capital in December 1790 by Hc [illegible] Capt a Millet, W Fr. Note on page preceding manuscript (in a different hand): Kissah Camroop. An Indian tale, Translated from Sanscrit into Persian and thence into English By Captain Franklin. Naskh; 11 lines in written area 15 x 10 cm. Pages numbered 1-393; 6 page glossary at end. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M116. Modern tan leather binding. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
- Language:
- Persian
- Type:
- manuscript
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- washington (d.c.)
kamrup (india : district) - Geographic region:
- india
- Format:
- manuscript/mixed material