(Q19373)
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Tārīkh-i ilāhī haz̤rat Akbar pādishāh.
تارىخ الهى حضرت اکبر پادشاه
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Muʻtamad Khān, Muḥammad Sharīf, -1639 or 1640
معتمد خان، محمد شريف،
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Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Early works
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Manuscripts (documents)
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Codices (bound manuscripts)
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History
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Illuminations (painting)
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Miniatures (paintings)
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Biography
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Manuscripts, Persian--19th century
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Manuscripts, Oriental--19th century
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Extent: i, 41 leaves, ii : 365 x 202 (275 x 131) mm bound to 375 x 235 mm; paper
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Ms. codex.
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Title from caption title (f. 1v).
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Binding: Bound in woven textile of large blue and yellow leaf patterns.
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Layout: Chiefly 22 long lines; border-ruled.
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Script: Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.
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Decoration: Most pages border-ruled in various colors including green, yellow, brown, blue, pink; numerous illustrations in bright colors within the page, along the upper margin and along the outer margin, some unfinished; some rubrications and numbers in red.
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Provenance: Sold by Sotheby's 9 February 1925, lot 172 (note in pencil and catalog entry, inside front cover).
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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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