The musnud of Murshidabad (1704-1904) being a synopsis of the history of Murshidabad for the last two centuries, to which are appended notes of places and objects of interest at Murshidabad . llishments of variouskinds, brilliantly colored inks, gold, enamel, highlyfinished ornamental and floral designs, of every con-ceiveable fanciful and eleg^ant description, make theKorans and other books gorgeous and artisticallybeautiful. Some are mere perfections of the cali-graphers art. The collection of Korans is unique in jIndia. The total number of volumes in the PalaceLibrary, Arabic, Persian, Urdu
The musnud of Murshidabad (1704-1904) being a synopsis of the history of Murshidabad for the last two centuries, to which are appended notes of places and objects of interest at Murshidabad . llishments of variouskinds, brilliantly colored inks, gold, enamel, highlyfinished ornamental and floral designs, of every con-ceiveable fanciful and eleg^ant description, make theKorans and other books gorgeous and artisticallybeautiful. Some are mere perfections of the cali-graphers art. The collection of Korans is unique in jIndia. The total number of volumes in the PalaceLibrary, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, English, &c., isconsiderable. The following are only a few specimens. Books marked with an asterisk * have been sent for the i Victoria Memorial. j KORANS. j 1. Koran, written in Nastaliq character by HosseinTabrezi for Nawab Sha Beg Khan. Bears, on the !second page, the Persian royal S/ier Khurshed or Lionand Sun Coat of arms, which is also painted on thelast page of the book, which bears impressions of !several seals, indicating ownership at different times, Inamely the seals of— \ {a) Sultan Mahomed Soleman Meerza Safavi, jSha of Persia (1153 H. ) with the crown of \ [ 8i ] (b) Abul Fazl of Akbers Court. (c) Nizavnul-Mulk Moniruddowla Khadem Hos-sein Khan, Nasir Jang. (d) Momtazuddowla Shujaul Mulk Sadat AliKhan Bahadur, Nawab of Oudh. {e) Iftekharuddowla Mokramul Mulk Syud Hus-san Ali Khan Bahadur, Feroze Jang-. (/) Serferazuddowla Nazim ul Mulk Hussan RezaKhan Bahadur, Jaffer Jang. 2. Koran Alumgiri, owned by the Emperor Alum-gir for his personal use. Copied in 665 H. by Yaqoot Mustasimi, the celebrated caligrapher, who improvedthe present Arabic character from the Koofi was the slave of Mostasem Billa, Khalipha ofBagdad. A ver}^ old Koran, well vt^ritten and illu-minated. Bears the great seal of the Emperor Aureng-zebe, in the middle of v^hich is engraved—^AulMozaffei Mohiuddeen Aiirengzebc Bahadur AlunigirBadsha Ghazi^ 1076 H., and aroudd it are en
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