Shelfmark
MS 377
Title
Persian letter [manuscript]
Publication, distribution, etc.
India? 1800-1850.
Physical description
[1] leaf ; 432 x 199 mm.
Language
Written in Persian.
Note
Material: laid paper (15 chain-lines spaced at regular intervals).
Note
Format: single sheet.
Summary, etc.
Scope and content: Undated letter addressed to Mr Brīdīl (unidentified), presumably of the East India Company, from an Indian (who appears to be a merchant) asking for "two words of recommendation" for himself to General Law Sāhib (unidentified). It consists of the usual flowery compliments of the Persian epistolary style.
Provenance
Origin: India?
Provenance
Provenance: removed from Tianxia shanhai tu, a 17th-century Chinese atlas (ECL MS 376). This was bequeathed to Eton College by Richard Topham in 1736.
Added entry--name
Topham, Richard, 1671 - 1730 former owner.
Language code
per
Identifier
B52744