Manuscript/Mixed Material Majmūʻat al-ḥaqāyiq مجموعة الحقايق
About this Item
Title
- Majmūʻat al-ḥaqāyiq
Other Title
- مجموعة الحقايق
Summary
- Collection of facts about British India.
Created / Published
- 1276? [1860?]
Headings
- - India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947--Miscellanea
- - Manuscripts, Persian.--Washington (D.C.)
- - India
Notes
- - Manuscript.
- - Persian.
- - Title from a green index card with Persian and English handwriting: 'No. 14 A / A Collection of Facts regarding British India' found with and included in manuscript box.
- - Scribe not identified.
- - Written in India.
- - Paper; beige paper; stained, and quite brittle due to extensive insect damage; most pages have a pale blue ruled line framing the text, though one page near the center has a gold bordered heading.
- - Nastaʻliq.
- - Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M121.
- - Binding; a whorled-pattern marbled cover, that is, reddish-brown whorls on a tan background; tan leather spine and trim along inside edges of cover, and tan leather corners; spine broken; old brown label with black Persian script at top of spine; white label with black Persian script at bottom of spine; on front cover is a tiny white label upper right with '14A' written in red. Inside covers and end papers are striped brown paper.
- - Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Medium
- 202 leaves (lines), paper : bound ; 25.3 x 16.5 cm
Call Number/Physical Location
- DS463 .M193 1860
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2017498367
Online Format
- image