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Manuscript/Mixed Material Insha-ʼi ʻajūbīyah انشۀ عجوبيه / Inshai ajubiyah / Inshā-ʼi khalīfah

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Title

  • Insha-ʼi ʻajūbīyah

Other Title

  • انشۀ عجوبيه
  • Inshai ajubiyah
  • Inshā-ʼi khalīfah

Summary

  • Guide to writing both official and private correspondence.

Created / Published

  • 1230 [1815]

Headings

  • -  Letter writing, Persian
  • -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  India--Mathurā

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Persian.
  • -  Title from colophon.
  • -  Pasted label on page 1 of cover: Bhajan Lal Mss Dealer & Bookseller, Gali Tokrian, Katra Safaid, Amritsar."
  • -  Written by "Bādur Shah"?
  • -  Written in Mathura, India.
  • -  Paper; tan, coarse, unpolished paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; text with ruled border of two thin red lines; black ink with some rubrication; catchwords.
  • -  Nastaʻliq; 17 lines in written area 18.3 x 8.5 cm.
  • -  2, fol. 1b-124b, 1.
  • -  Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M114.
  • -  Contemporary reddish brown leather binding with embossed center medallions and corner decorations.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

Medium

  • 124, 1 leaves (17 lines), paper : bound ; 24.5 x 14 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PK6349 .I57 1815

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016503586

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Persian Language Manuscript Project are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Persian Manuscript Collection

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Insha-ʼi ʻajūbīyah. [1815] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2016503586/>.