Bhaet : manuscript, 1890?

Description:

Narratives to be recited at the commemorative assembly (majlis) held on the 30th and 40th days after the martyrdom of Imām Ḥusain.

Place Of Origin:

India

Creation Date:

1890

Extent:

1 v. (52 leaves)

Language:

Indic languages

Digital Format:

Books and documents

Subjects:

Ismailites
Religious literature
Islamic sects
Ismaili literature
Indic literature
South Asian literature

Notes:

Foreign wove paper, made in Austria (1889) and England (1890) for Shaikh Ahmad Shaikh Dawood of Bombay.
21 x 16 cm. (17 x 13 cm.).
Written in black ink, 11-12 lines per page.
Single section laced into cover board; half-cloth covering with marble paper.
Pages slightly discolored; otherwise no significant damage.
MS Indic 2534. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
In Hindustani in Khojki script.
Microfilm. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Library Microreproduction Service, 1988-1990. 119 microfilm reels : negative ; 35 mm.
Microfilm. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard College Library Imaging Services, uuuu. 35 mm.

Series:

Open Collections Program at Harvard University

Repository:

Master Microforms, Harvard University
Houghton Library, Harvard University
Microforms, Lamont Library, Harvard University

Record ID:

990119191790203941

HOLLIS Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990119191790203941/catalog

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