Kitāb-i tashrīḥ al-aqvām
Summary
Description based on Rosenwald bibliography entry.
Eleven lines per leaf.
Persian manuscript written in India in large nastaliq, illustrated wtih 120 miniatures, including portraits.
Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2076
BM Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts, v. 1, 1879, p. 65-67.
LC copy has provenance: Lessing J. Rosenwald; Presentation leaf (sixth preliminary leaf), naming Capt. Watkins as the recipient, is inscribed: "History of the origin and distinguishing marks of the different Castes of India, compiled by Lt. Col. J, Skinner, CB, whose gift it is to the present possessor, JW."
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Date
01/01/1825
Source
Library of Congress
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Public Domain