A Descriptive Catalogue of the Historical Manuscripts in the Arabic and Persian Languages

Preserved in the Library of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland

A list of 159 manuscripts in the Royal Asiatic Society's collections is presented in this volume; each entry is equipped with title, translation, description of the book and of its contents, script, donor, and date.

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SKU (ISBN): 978-1-61719-183-1

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Series: Kiraz Manuscript Archive7

Publication Date: Aug 12,2010

Interior Color: Black

Trim Size: 6 x 9

Page Count: 170

Languages: English

ISBN: 978-1-61719-183-1

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List of 159 manuscripts in the Royal Asiatic Society collections, each with title, translation, description of the book and of its contents, script, donor, and date. The description is generally extensive, containing the table of contents (when there is one), evaluation of the book, and notes.

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ADVERTISEMENT (page 5)
CONTENTS (page 9)
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE: ARABIC I.-GENERAL HISTORY (page 11)
PERSIAN: I.-HISTORIES OF MUHAMMAD, HIS COMPANIONS AND IMMEDIATE SUCCESSORS (page 25)
II.-GENERAL HISTORY (page 27)
III.-INDIA: 1. General Histories of India (page 68)
VII.-BUKHARA, MAWARA AN-NAHR, &C (page 161)
INDEX OF NAMES OF WORKS (page 167)
INDEX OF NAMES OF AUTHORS (page 168)
ERRATA ET EMENDENDA (page 170)

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