شاه جهان عمل صالح

Manuscript..

Persian..

Title from container; label and pencilled information in manuscript erroneously identifies the work as the Shāhnāmah of Firdawsī..

Name of scribe not indicated..

"Transmitted [?] from Francis Straton ... October 1836, Bangalore" with parallel statements in Urdu and Persian..

Written in India..

Paper; cream color polished laid paper with vertical chain lines; no visible watermarks; black ink with some rubrication; scattered pencilled notes in English in margins; minor worm damage with no loss of text; catchwords on rectos..

Nastaʻliq; 13 lines in written area 25 x 14 cm..

Folios 1b-230a..

Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, 53..

Contemporary red leather binding; gold borders and medallions front and back, now mostly worn off; front cover detached..

Biography of the Mogul Emperor Shahjahan..