[مکاتىب].

[Makātīb].

Author
Uniform title
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Persian
Published/​Created
[17--?]
Description
181 leaves : paper ; 193 x 105 (137 x 70) mm. bound to 199 x 117 mm.

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Special Collections - Manuscripts Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 1765 Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Subject(s)
    Summary note
    Collection of the author's letters, incomplete at beginning and end.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title supplied by cataloger.
    • On spine: Label reading "15" in Western script.
    • On back cover: Label reading "27" in Western script.
    • Physical description: 23 lines per page; written in small naskh in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Text framed in blue, gold, and orange. Mild insect damage and damp staining; fol. 5 repaired. Fol. 1-4 contain a preface added in 1837; written in nastaʻliq on glazed, laid Arabic paper with text framed in blue, red, and yellow. In good condition.
    Binding note
    Half red leather with plain boards; gold stamping on spine.
    Language note
    Persian.
    Provenance
    Owner's stamp of Sayyid Muḥammad Khān Bahādur on fol. 5a, 181b.
    References
    Āghā Buzurg. Dharīʻah (1936), XX, 136-139
    OCLC
    820345355
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