KHIRAD-AFROZ - THE ILLUMINATOR OF THE UNDERSTANDING. A NEW EDITION OF THE HINDUSTANI TEXT- WITH NOTES AND CRITICAL EXPLANATION. EDITED BY EDWARD EASTWICK, PROFESSOR OF HINDUSTANI.
London. Trübner & Co, 1867. Hardcover. Quarto, 11.4 in. x 8.2 in. Written in Urdu (Persian/Arabic script); however, the opening 14 pages, when opening the book from the right, are in English, and include a title page. content pages, and the editor's Preface (pp. xiv). HIndi title page and contents (several hundred pages) when opening book from the left. Brown cloth boards with frame and circular design stamped in blind. Gilt title to spine. Cloth on spine falling off and heavily frayed, front and rear boards detached but present. Rubbing to boards; bumped corners. Internally clean. Fair. Item #81226
Eastwick translated and wrote profusely on Oriental languages, and edited many texts of Indian scholars. This is Ahmad's 1803 Urdu version of the Fables of the Anvar-I Suhaili. which were rewritten by Abu-l Fazl, the Vizir of the great Akbar, called Ayar or Iyar-iDanish. The book is beautifully printed. Trubner was the major publisher of Oriental works.
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