Sayyid Jafar: Haqiqat Safar

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Sayyid Jafar: Haqiqat Safar
holograph copy
Lucknow, 1803 AD

'the travels of Sayud Jaffer in the Sikh country and Kabaal in the year 1803', Persian manuscript on paper, 74ff. plus eight flyleaves, each with 13ll. of neat black nasta'liq, some words overlined in red, (negligible worming), red morocco binding with gold stamped medallion and spandrels (worn)
folio 8¼ x 5in. (20.7 x 13cm.)

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The opening folio is inscribed by A.G.Ellis, the author of the Catalogue of Arabic Books in the British Museum, 1894, and dated 21.8.(19)07.

The author coming from a noble family of Lucknow was commissioned by Lt.Col. Scott on behalf of Lord Wellesley, Govenor General of the East India Company to travel in different parts of Punjab, Afghanistan and regions of Transoxania and to make a thorough report of the state of affairs in those regions.

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