According to a note in a later hand on fly leaf 1, poem composed in 1376 AD.Written in two columns, 14 lines per page, in black ink framed within double golden and blue lines.Cream laid paper. 21 x 13 cm. (13.3 x 6.3 cm.)Bound in brown leather, stamped, gilt, with flap.Double title page illuminated and 15 miniatures. Caption bands and ruled borders are in gold.Persian poems.MS Persian 9. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Persian.
Abstract: Copies of: a letter, in Persian, from Abbas Mirza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] (IOR/L/PS/9/71/200 (1)) with an English translation (IOR/L/PS/9/71/200 (2)), and a letter, in French, from General Jean Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] (IOR/L/PS/9/71/200 (3)), which are addressed to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The letters praise Macdonald Kinneir’s efforts in facilitating the recent signature of the peace treaty [Treaty of Turkamanchay] ending the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828].This document was originally enclosed in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 11 March 1828 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/198).Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)
Abstract: Letter containing a bundle of letters in Persian for Lewis Pelly's information. The letters are primarily between Persian and Afghani officials and include a forwarding letter from William Lockyer Merewether who initially received them. Many of the letters in Persian are written in an illegible hand.Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Jacobabad to Lewis Pelly, 26 December 1860 informing him that a packet had been received from Kandahar for Pelly with an accompanying note in Persian (folio 1).Note in Persian, possibly written by Nawab Murat Khan enclosing a bundle of fourteen letters and notes written by officials of the Governor of Persia, including Farukh Khan, and individuals in Afghanistan including Sultan Ahmed Khan, Governor of Herat.Note in Persian, possibly addressed to Lewis PellyPetition in Persian, possibly the Petition of Maulay MūsāPetition in Persian, containing the seals of Ghulām Rasūl and Ghulām Rizā 'Abduh who may be the petitionees. There is a partial date of 10 Rabi' II, but no year is given.Physical description: Foliation: The file has been foliated using a pencil number, enclosed in a circle, located in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio.
Abstract: The letter informs of the appointment of Captain MacLeod. A translation of a letter similar to this one appears on folio 97.Physical description: Condition: Missing text due to tear damage.
Abstract: The letter informs of the appointment of Captain MacLeod. The translation appears on folio 97.Physical description: Condition: Missing text due to tear damage.
Abstract: Copy of an official note from the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir (a translation of the note is now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/19). The note covers the treaty relations existing between Britain and Persia, including the British commitment to mediating between Russia and Persia in the case of aggression from the former, or else providing the latter with financial assistance. Referring to the ongoing war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], the Minister for Foreign Affairs remonstrates against the failure of the British Government to facilitate peace or to provide assistance to Persia, and indicates that on account of this it is the intention of the Persian Government to send an envoy to Britain to ascertain the views of the British Government.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 25 June 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/17).Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldDecoration: Unwan.Dimensions: 10¾ × 6½ in.Hand: Nastaʻlīq.Record origin: Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953.
Contents: 1. leaves 1b-52b: Nahr al-faṣāḥah. Treatise on correct diction in Persian.Contents: 2. leaves 53b-128b: Chār sharbat. Treatise on Persian prosody and composition; incomplete at end.Ms. codex.Description based on Martinovitch catalog.Origin: 19 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1219 H 19 February 1805 (leaf 52b).
According to the colophon (f. 117v), copy completed in the hand of ʻAbd al-Razzāq ibn Muḥammad Ḥusayn al-Yazdī in 1240 AH December 1824-5 AD.The text is followed by a short text with the title "Suʼāl" (p. 118r-121r), written by the same scribe.Written in one column, 24 lines per page, in black and red ink, framed within triple golden and grey lines. First leave illuminated.Bound in black leather, gilt.MS Persian 36. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Persian.