Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Collation: Paper, iv (19th-century paper) + 43 + iv (19th-century paper); 18 22 38 44 512 68(+1); early foliation in ink (f. 2-24), 2-8, 11-12, 9-10, 13-24, lower center recto; modern foliation in pencil, [1-43], upper left recto. References in this record are to the modern foliation. Catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso. Layout: Written in 4 columns of 19 lines; text block enclosed in narrow frame of silver and double lines in red ink, outer edge of margins delineated with single line of red ink. Script: Written in nastaʻlīq script in black and red ink by a single hand. Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (f. 1v) and 52 miniatures: 14 scenes of rulers or nobles (f. 2r-8r, 18r-24r), 1 of a lute (f. 5r), 36 of families of Ragas and Raginis (f. 8r-17r), and 1 group of 6 small landscapes (f. 17v). Paintings by court artist Haji Mir Ghulam Hasan (identified in painting on f. 24r (Savita Ananthan)). Binding: 19th-century gilt morocco; binding label of Ghulam Qutabuddin Ahmad (label inside upper cover, transcribed and translated by Sudev Sheth), associated with Salar Jung III (also known as Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, 1889-1949) (Savita Ananthan). Origin: Written in the former princely state of Hyderabad in the Deccan region of India (Nizam of Hyderabad pictured on f. 2r), in 1799 (f. 24v, 43v), with the miniatures added by 1804 (dated signature, f. 24r). Commissioned by Maratha military commander Raja Rao Ranbha (Savita Ananthan). Unidentified bookplate (inside upper cover); at one time held in Anūpa Saṃskr̥ta Pustakālaya, the Anup Sanskrit Library in the Bīkāner royal library until it was sold in the 1960s (Sheth-Fogg correspondence). Purchased by Sam Fogg (London), 1996 (Sheth-Fogg correspondence). Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, June 1996. Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2010.
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