Catalogue Of Persian Manuscripts In The Library Of The India Office Vol 1 Classic Reprint

Author : Charles Rieu
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333818258
Total Pages : 386 pages
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Download or read book Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) written by Charles Rieu and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum, Vol. 3 The above-mentioned total of 2536 mss. Described in this catalogue includes some which, although containing Persian texts, might with equal or better right he claimed for the Arabic or Turkish collection, and also a few Persian documents of small extent and little import which occur in miscellaneous volumes. But, after subtracting such doubtful elements, it will be found that the Persian collection does not fall far short of 2500 volumes, while the number of Arabic mss. Does not reach 2000, and every other collection of Oriental mss. In the Museum is far below that amount. The Persian collection may be said to be a creation of the present century, for at the close of the last it hardly amounted to 150 volumes. Considering the long and intimate connexion of England with India, one might naturally suppose that it came chie y from the latter country. For a considerable portion of it, such is undoubtedly the fact; and, indeed, the numerous class of mss. Appertaining to that luxuriant branch of Persian literature which ourished in India could hardly have any other place of origin. On the other hand, it will be presently seen that the most extensive and valuable addition ever made to our Persian library came from the western borders of Iran, and that several others are derived from Persia proper, while even those collections which were formed in India comprise a considerable number of mss. Originally written in Persia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."