al-Rawdah al-munawwarah

Description

Title: al-Rawdah al-munawwarah
Creator: Shihāb al-Dīn Muhammad
Published / Created: between 1750 and 1759.
Publication Place: Place not identified
Abstract: Manuscript on paper, containing Shihāb al-Dīn Muhammad's al-Rawdah al-munawwarah, The illuminated garden. The text discusses the building of the Taj Mahal, including the materials used, their cost, and other architectural details
Description: In Urdu.
Layout: 1 column of around 9 lines.
Script: Nasta'liq.
Decoration: Rubrication.
Binding: Contemporary brown gold-tooled leather binding.
Modern pencil foliation.
Catchwords.
Provenance: Two stamps of the crest of William H. Morley, Middle Temple.
Extent: 1 item (97 leaves) : 285 x 165 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: Urdu

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Urdu 18th century
Stamps
Urdu manuscripts
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: text
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Urdu
Urdu language and literature
Taj Mahal (Agra, India)
Subjects: Manuscripts, Urdu > Connecticut > New Haven
Urdu language and literature > Early works to 1800
Taj Mahal (Agra, India) > Early works to 1800
18th century
Urdu manuscripts
Morley, William H. (William Hook), 1815-1860 > Stamp

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Citation: al-Rawdah al-Munawwarah. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.