[Anthology of 3 Persian texts, primarily on the Mughal Empire.]
Date:
1841
Description:
Manuscript. Persian. Title supplied by cataloger. Scribes not identified. Written in India. Paper; coarse, cream color laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; black ink with rubrication on some texts; catchwords. Work contiains: [1]. A collection of letters and notes by Muhammad Bahadur Shah II, King of Delhi, 1775-1862 (dated 1855) -- [2]. Unidentified historical treatise (undated) -- [3]. One leaf numbered leaf 20 from an unidentified work -- [4]. Daftar-i avval from the Mukātabāt-i ʻAllāmī by Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan, 1542-1605 (dated 1257 [1841 or 1842]). Nastaʻliq; various lines in written areas of varying size. Fol. 1a-39a, 1a-117b, 1 leaf, fol. 1b-125a. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M96. [Other physical details, binding] Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.