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IO Islamic 4395

Record Id:
032-004341962
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4395
Title:
Abu Talib Khan, description of Georgian Britain
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
St Augustine's College Collection
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
29 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1805
End Date:
1899
Date Range:
1805-1899
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Abū Ṭālib Khān, 1752-1806?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080765601,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/20819905
Abū Ṭālib Khān, 1752-1806?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080765601,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/20819905
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St Augustine's College Collection

IO Islamic 4395

Abu Talib Khan, description of Georgian Britain

Contents

1 copy of Surūr afzā by Abū Ṭālib Khān

Author: Abū Ṭālib Khān ابو طالب خان
Title: Surūr afzā
Title: سرور افزا

Mas̲navī describing Abū Ṭālib Khān's travels and observations on Georgian London and other cities of Great Britain before 1220/1805, the year of the author's death

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 29 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 178 × 120 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1805-1899 19th century CE ; India

Record Sources

Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. Available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts, manuscript number: MSS Eur E207/18_f029r (digital images currently unavailable)

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Bibliography

    MSS Eur E207/18_f029r (digital images currently unavailable)

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