Insha-ʼi ʻajūbīyah - Persian manuscript

Guide to writing both official and private correspondence.

Manuscript.

Persian.

Title from colophon.

Pasted label on page 1 of cover: Bhajan Lal Mss Dealer & Bookseller, Gali Tokrian, Katra Safaid, Amritsar."

Written by "Bādur Shah"?

Written in Mathura, India.

Paper; tan, coarse, unpolished paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; text with ruled border of two thin red lines; black ink with some rubrication; catchwords.

Nastaʻliq; 17 lines in written area 18.3 x 8.5 cm.

2, fol. 1b-124b, 1.

Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M114.

Contemporary reddish brown leather binding with embossed center medallions and corner decorations.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

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01/01/1815

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