The travels of Izzatullah, through what is now Afghanistan and Iran, holograph copy, Persian manuscript on paper, 130ff. of black nasta'liq, occasional margins, tables and diagrams, marginal notes in English, Persia, dated AH 1229/1813-14 AD, marbled paper binding - folio 10in. x 6./34in.

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The travels of Izzatullah, through what is now Afghanistan and Iran, holograph copy, Persian manuscript on paper, 130ff. of black nasta'liq, occasional margins, tables and diagrams, marginal notes in English, Persia, dated AH 1229/1813-14 AD, marbled paper binding - folio 10in. x 6./34in.

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The opening is inscribed "Izzatullah's travels given to me by one of his relations, Selik(?) Zudar al-Marutt - Our further experience proves it to be very correct. WMA"
W.M.A. was Capt. W.M. Anderson of the Bengal Artillery in whose hand the notes appear to be.

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