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GB 891 ER-ER/1
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A Translation of the Nigaristan by Muin Uddin Jaiwuia
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- [1947 - 1988] (Creation)
- 1888 - 1895 (Creation)
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2 files
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(1819-1891)
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(1833-1901)
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A Translation of the Nigaristan by Muin Uddin Jaiwuia translated by Edward Rehatsek. There is a handwritten manuscript in Rehatsek's hand with additional notes and preface by Arbuthnot, plus a further more modern typescript of the material.
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- English
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Publication note
Rehatsek's manuscript was edited by Gregory Maxwell Bruce and published as The Picture Gallery (Nigāristān): A Persian Moral Miscellany in June 2025 by the Edinburgh University Press as part of the Society's monograph series.