Publication Date
1788
Subject
India, Kamrup (India : District)--History--Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
Type
belge
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Library
Harvard Library
Library Asset ID
LCCN: 2016496222, LCCallNum: DS485.K178 Q57 1788
Record ID
TN_cdi_loca_primary_2016496222
Library Location
ONLINE ACCESS
Date
1788
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.
Kaynak
Library of Congress Digital Collections: All Content
Başlık
Kitāb-i qiṣṣah-ʼi Kāmʹrūp
