Misc Mss Box 23 Folder 26 Box 23 Folder 26 Aḥmad ʻAlī Khān Bahādur wedding invitation
Title
Aḥmad ʻAlī Khān Bahādur wedding invitationAuthors
- Bahādur, Aḥmad ʻAlī Khān, 1787-1840
بهادر، احمد على خان، - Dr. Craig Baxter Memorial Fund
Other related names
- Ranken, George, recipient
Call number
Misc Mss Box 23 Folder 26 Box 23 Folder 26(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9977137537203681
- http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1030861672
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
In PersianSummary
A wedding invitation to celebrate the marriage of Aḥmad ʻAlī Khān Bahādur addressed to Dr. George Ranken of the East India Company and his wife Lady Agnes Allan Ranken. The invitation is on red paper, written in Persian, and the script in painted gold leaf. Accompanied by an envelope with a personal stamp of the sender addressed to Dr. Ranken.
Extent
1 item (3 leaves)Provenance
- Sold at auction at Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, May 17 2017, lot 120A.
Genres
- Wedding announcements
- Invitations
- Manuscripts, Persian--19th century
Licenses
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Images
Loose leaf recto
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Section: Aḥmad ʻAlī Khān Bahādur wedding invitation, 1811
Decoration: Gold headpiece and margins
Envelope recto
9504_0002.tif (133.9 MB)
9504_0002_thumb.jpg (4.9 KB)
9504_0002_web.jpg (330.6 KB)
Decoration: Stamp