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The colophon of the first volume of this work indicates that the manuscript was copied in the mosque of Kot Bhavani Das in AH 1240. This place is located in Rajasthan, halfway between Udaipur and Jodhpur.
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COPIED IN KOT BHAVANI DAS, NORTH INDIA, DATED RAJAB AH 1240/FEBRUARY-MARCH 1819 AD
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THE MEMOIRS OF EMPEROR JAHANGIR: JAHANGIRNAMA
COPIED IN KOT BHAVANI DAS, NORTH INDIA, DATED RAJAB AH 1240/FEBRUARY-MARCH 1819 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, 615ff. as numbered plus four fly-leaves, each folio with 20ll. of black nasta'liq script, titles and important words in red, text within gold and polychrome rules, with catchwords, numbered at top, two folios with illuminated headpieces, including one original illustration depicting Emperor Akbar, colophon of vol. I and II dated, various later notes to fly-leaves, in 19th century Indian binding
Text panel 8 x 4 ¼in. (20.3 x 10.7cm.); folio 11 x 6 3/8in. (27.8 x 16.3cm.)
COPIED IN KOT BHAVANI DAS, NORTH INDIA, DATED RAJAB AH 1240/FEBRUARY-MARCH 1819 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, 615ff. as numbered plus four fly-leaves, each folio with 20ll. of black nasta'liq script, titles and important words in red, text within gold and polychrome rules, with catchwords, numbered at top, two folios with illuminated headpieces, including one original illustration depicting Emperor Akbar, colophon of vol. I and II dated, various later notes to fly-leaves, in 19th century Indian binding
Text panel 8 x 4 ¼in. (20.3 x 10.7cm.); folio 11 x 6 3/8in. (27.8 x 16.3cm.)
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