Khulusat al-Tawarikh

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Khulusat al-Tawarikh
a history of Gujurat India(?), manuscript on paper, 21ll.of black nasta'liq, black, red and blue rules margins, red dots betwen phrases, occasional words in red, opening folio with illuminated heading, European style part-morocco binding, probably 19th century - 14¾ x 8½in. (37.5 x 21.6cm.); Tutunameh, tales of the parrot, Persian manuscript on paper, 15ll. of black nasta'liq, occasional words in red, maroon morocco binding with stamped medallion and spandrels, India, probably 18th century - 10½ x 6¾in. (26.7 x 17.2cm.); and Iskandernameh, Persian manuscript on paper, 19ll. of black nasta'liq in two columns, occasional lines in red, India, dated Jumada II, AH 1071/1660-61 AD, inscribed on front and back flyleaves 'D.O. Dyce Sombre 1824', and with the name 'Reinhard', occasional drawings of heads probably in the same hand, brown morocco binding, (occasional water-staining, smudging, spotting and small repairs) - 9½ x 5¼in. (24.2 x 13.3cm.)
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David Ochterlory Dyce-Sombre was the son of Col. G.A. Dyce and Julia Anne Sombre. His maternal great grand-father, Walter Reinhard of Salzburg (1720-1778), known as Le Sombre, had gone to India with the French sevice and D.O. Dyce-Sombre was brought up by his great grand-mother, Zeb un-Nisa (1751-1836). In 1838 he went to England and became MP for Sudbury. However he was certified mad soon after. Escaping en route to an asylum he fled to Paris, returning to London to die in 1850. His body was returned to Sardhana for burial.

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