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RSPA 118
- Record Id:
- 032-003475284
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003475284
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100097011701.0x000003
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RSPA 118
- Title:
- Urdu translation of Saʿdī's Gulistān
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003475284", "parent" : "#", "text" : "RSPA 118: Urdu translation of Saʿdī's Gulistān" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003475284
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003475284
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- ff. i+167+ii
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Urdu
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1792
- Date Range:
- 1700-1792
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Shirazi, Saadi, Persian poet, 1210-1291,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000012031438X,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/100206721
Shirazi, Saadi, Persian poet, 1210-1291,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000012031438X,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/100206721 - Subjects:
- Urdu prose literature
- TEI:
-
India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
RSPA 118
Urdu translation of Saʿdī's Gulistān
Contents
1 copy of Gulistān by Saʿdī
Language(s): Urdu
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Very thin cream coloured woven paper.Extent: ff. i+167+iiDimensions (leaf): 235 × 160 mm.Dimensions (written): 180 × 90 mm.Foliation:European numerals in pencil; only the final folio is numerated.
Condition
The textblock is in excellent condition, suffering only from minor discolouration around the edge of the pages. However, the binding has come almost completely loose from the folios.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 11
Neat layout of eleven lines in one column per page.
Hand(s)
Very near black nastaʿlīq.
Decoration
Additions:On the endpaper before f1r, Jones has written: "W. Jones: The Gulistān literally and coarsely translated into Hindustani"
Binding
Brown leather and board binding which has suffered some visible worm damage with gilded pattern around the edge.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1700-1792 1700 - 1792 CE ; IndiaProvenance and Acquisition
RSPA 1-118 were presented to the Royal Society in January 1792 by Sir William and Lady Jones. According to Wilkins, this manuscript was presented by Sir William Jones.
The Royal Society's collection of 280 Persian and Arabic, and 86 Sanskrit manuscripts were transferred to the India Office Library in 1876.
1876
India Office Library
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on E. Denison Ross and E. G. Browne, Catalogue of two collections of Persian and Arabic manuscripts preserved in the India Office Library (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1902), p. 76 no. CXVIIIAvailability
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