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GB 891 DP-DP/2
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Extract from a Preface to the Shahnamah of Firdausi.
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- [1800 - 1835] (Creation)
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1 piece handwritten
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Extract from a Preface to the Shahnamah of Firdausi, dated A.H. 829 (A.D.1425/26). A translation of part of a Preface with corrections. This item is unsigned but the handwriting matches that of David Price in the Shahnamah that he bequeathed to the Society (CODRINGTON/READE NO 238). He also bequeathed a Preface to the Shahnamah (CODRINGTON/READE NO 345 (3)) but it is unknown if this translation was carried out using this manuscript. On the reverse of the extract are the words, 'Shah Abbas - - No 6'.
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- English
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- Price David 1762-1835 (Subject)