Collection of stories in Hindustani. (DS4235) (Q19496)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis O 99, Lewis O 99)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Collection of stories in Hindustani. (DS4235) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis O 99, Lewis O 99) |
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Purshād walad Khūb Chand
پرشاد ولد خوب چند،
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Āghā Faṣāḥat ʻAlī
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Poems
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Manuscripts, 19th century
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Manuscripts, Indic
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Codices (bound manuscripts)
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Manuscripts, Oriental
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Miniatures (paintings)
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Manuscripts (documents)
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Extent: i, 43, i leaves : 228 x 175 (155 x 110) mm bound to 235 x 190 mm; paper
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Ms. codex.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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"Aga Fasahut ally in Benares" note in ink (flyleaf 1 recto at front of book).
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Binding: Bound in reddish brown leather over pasteboard (Type III); blind-stamped and gilded onlays of a central mandorla and two pendants on the vertical axis, cornerpieces and three frames with inside covers also of reddish brown leather with a simpler mandorla, pendants, and cornerpieces in gilt-stamped onlays.
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Layout: 9 long lines; border-ruled.
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Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
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Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in blue and red (f. 1v); rubrications in red; textblock border-ruled in red and blue; 14 illustrations with captions in contour bands (f. 23r, 23v, 25r, 27r, 29r, 31r, 33r, 34r, 35r, 37v-38r, 39r, 40r, 41r)
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Provenance: Formerly owned by Āghā Faṣāḥat ʻAlī and purchased from "a person whose father was the grand vizier Nawwāb Naṣīr al-Dawlah Bahādur, for the father of the Mahārājah Rājah" [incomplete] (Simsar, 175) (f. 1r).
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Provenance: Sold at Sotheby's Feb. 1925, lot 165 (catalog entry pasted to front flyleaf recto and note in pencil).
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Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.
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4 December 2023
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4 December 2023
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