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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

  • 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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Majmūʻat Al-Ḥaqāyiq. [? 1860?, 1860] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2017498367/>.