Institutes, political and military /
written originally in the Mogul language, by the Great Timour, improperly called Tamerlane; first tr. into Persian by Abu Taulib Alhusseini; and thence into English, with marginal notes, by Major Davy ... The original Persian transcribed from a ms. in the possession of Dr. William Hunter ... and the whole work pub. with a preface, indexes, geographical notes, &c., &c., by Joseph White.

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Main Author

Timur, 1336-1405.

Related Names

Boughton, Charles William Rouse, Sir, bart., -1821.
White, Joseph, 1745-1814, editor.
Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)

Language(s)

English ; Persian

Published

Oxford, The Clarendon-press, 1783.

Subjects

Law, Mongolian.
Law, Mongolian.

Note

Appended: Specimens of composition in the Persian language: The exordium of Jaumi's poem, entitled Eusoof and Zoolleikha; A prayer directed by the Brahmins to be offered up to the supreme being, written originally in the Schanscrit language, and translated by C.W. Boughton Rouse; and a letter from William Davy, dated 24/09/1779.
Persian and English on opposite pages.

Physical Description

li, 408, lx pages portrait, 3 plans on 2 leaves 29 cm

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