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Summary Biography of the Mogul Emperor Shahjahan. Contributor Names Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh, -1674?, author. Straton, Francis, 1796-1882, former owner. Created / Published [1800?] Subject Headings - Shahjahan,--Emperor of India,--approximately 1592-1666 - Mogul Empire--Kings and rulers--Biography - Mogul Empire--History - India--History - Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.) - India Notes - Manuscript. - Persian. - Title from container; label and pencilled information in manuscript erroneously identifies the work as the Shāhnāmah of Firdawsī. - Name of scribe not indicated. - "Transmitted [?] from Francis Straton ... October 1836, Bangalore" with parallel statements in Urdu and Persian. - Written in India. - Paper; cream color polished laid paper with vertical chain lines; no visible watermarks; black ink with some rubrication; scattered pencilled notes in English in margins; minor worm damage with no loss of text; catchwords on rectos. - Nastaʻliq; 13 lines in written area 25 x 14 cm. - Folios 1b-230a. - Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, 53. - Contemporary red leather binding; gold borders and medallions front and back, now mostly worn off; front cover detached. - Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.