Manuscript/Mixed Material Kitāb-i qiṣṣah-ʼi Kāmʹrūp كتاب قصۀ كامروپ

Title

• Kitāb-i qiṣṣah-ʼi Kāmʹrūp

Other Title

• كتاب قصۀ كامروپ

Created / Published

• 12 Rabīʻ al-awwal 1203 [11 December 1788]

Headings

• -  Kamrup (India : District)--History--Early works to 1800
• -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
• -  India

Notes

• -  Manuscript.
• -  Persian
• -  Caption title.
• -  Name of scribe not indicated; perhaps written by Captain William Franklin.
• -  Written in India.
• -  Paper; think, polished, cream-color laid paper; no visible chain lines or watermarks; black ink with some marginal notes in English; red ink in caption only; catchwords on rectos.
• -  Note on flyleaf: [2 words illegible] Guiliemi Franklin Liber Kissa Camarùp vel Historia Canaropi principiis ex antiquo descritte[sic] in Persicam versionen et redditam. Auctore Mahomed Sale A.D. 1770 celeberrimi apud Berhampore [illegible] Allah Shah Jelal Abâdi. Translated by me and sent to Capital in December 1790 by Hc [illegible] Capt a Millet, W Fr.
• -  Note on page preceding manuscript (in a different hand): Kissah Camroop. An Indian tale, Translated from Sanscrit into Persian and thence into English By Captain Franklin.
• -  Naskh; 11 lines in written area 15 x 10 cm.
• -  Pages numbered 1-393; 6 page glossary at end.
• -  Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M116.
• -  Modern tan leather binding.
• -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

Medium

• 393, 6 pages (11 lines), paper : bound ; 23 x 16.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

• DS485.K178 Q57 1788

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/plmp.m116

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2016496222

Online Format

• pdf
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2016496222

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