Tarikh-e vaqaye' va savaneh-e <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Afghanistan&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Afghanistan</a>, [History of Events and Incidents in Afghanistan], printed from a <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Subject=Manuscripts%252C%2520Letters%252C%2520Documents%252C%2520Ephemera&amp;Book%20Subject=Manuscripts%252C%2520Letters%252C%2520Documents" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">manuscript</a> copied by Mirza Muhammad Husayn Munshi.<ul><li>Tehran, Qajar Persia: The Print House of Aqa Mir Muhammad Baqir Tehrani, 1273 AH (1856-57 AD).</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>Lithographed on paper, containing one large folding map of Afghanistan, complete.</li><li>Lithographed from a manuscript in single column, 15 lines nasta'liq script, fihrist at the front of the volume, contemporary sheep over pasteboards, covers a little soiled, extremities lightly rubbed, paper label of the Firuz library to spine.</li></ul> An intriguing historical treatise on Afghanistan compiled during the reign of Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar which includes a dedication to the Prime minister at the time, Aqa Khan Nuri. The large folding map at the end of the volume was apparently taken from an English exemplar and the measurements are in miles, feet and inches, also giving their equivalent in local measurements.

Tarikh-e Vaqaye' va Savaneh-e Afghanistan [History of Events and Incidents in Afghanistan]

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