[IO Islamic 1779] بوستان

<strong>Bûstân.</strong> <strong>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1142 in the India Office collections.</strong> <strong>[metadata:</strong> <strong>Hermann Ethé</strong><strong><em>, </em></strong><strong><em>Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office,</em></strong> <strong>2 vols. (Oxford: India Office, 1903): volume 1,</strong> <strong>number 1779 here with notations and hyperlinks].</strong> 1142 The same. A most splendid copy, written at the request of Nawwâb Aḥmadkhân Bahâdur bin Ghaḍanfar-aldaulah Bahâdur by Râm Pîrshâd, and finished at Shâhjahânâbâd the 14th of Rabî’-althânî, A.H. 1171 (A.D. 1757, Dec. 26). No. 1779, ff. 58, 4 coll., each ll. 21; clear and distinct Nasta’lîḳ; large illuminated frontispiece; very fine and carefully executed illustrations on ff. 2^b, 3^a, 3^b, 5^a, 8^a, 21^a, 27^b, 47^b, 50^a, 54^a, 57^b, and 58^a; size, 12^5/8 in. by 8^1/8 in.