سکندر-نامه

Manuscript..

Persian..

Pasted label on cover: Bhajan Lal Mss Dealer & Bookseller: title: Skandar-Nameh ... ; where from obtained: Amritsar; when written: 1217 Hijri..

Name of scribe not indicated..

Written in India..

Paper: thick, dark cream-color laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; text has border of two thin red lines; text is in two columns separated by a space ca. 5 cm wide and single red lines; black ink with no rubrication; marginal notes, corrections and glosses; catchwords on rectos..

Nastaʻliq; 15 lines in written area 15 x 8.5 cm..

Fol. 1b-234b..

Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M 18..

Indian dark blue cloth binding..

Legend of Alexander the Great in verse..