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Details
Title of Work:
Tarikh-i Dilgusha-yi Shamshirkhani
Author:
Tavakkul Muhammad Beg Husaini
Gregorian Date:
1835 (circa)
Origin:
Sikh Dynasty
Ownership:
Commissioned by the King of Lahore, Ranjit Singh for French diplomat, Lieutantant General Comte de Rumigny around 1835. Now in the Lilly Library Collection of Indiana University.
The colophon identifies the date only by month, Rabi' II.
Project Notes
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Data entered by Rachel Parikh. Need to get only text page for sample page
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References
General Ref:
Gruber, Christiane
The Islamic Manuscript Tradition. Ten Centuries of Book Arts in Indiana University Collections. (ed. Gruber, Christiane)
Indiana University Press. Bloomington, Indianapolis. USA.
General Ref:
Payeur, Brittany
The Lilly Shamshir Khani in a Franco-Sikh Context: A Non-Islamic "Islamic" Manuscript. (in The Islamic Manuscript Tradition) (ed. Gruber, Christiane)
pp. 221-48 Indiana University Press. Bloomington, Indianapolis. USA.
