Summary: This Indo-Persian manuscript, written by Ghulam Yahya, son of Maulvi Imad-ud-din Lepakni, around 1820, in Bareilly District (United Provinces), India, for British magistrate, Mr. Robert Glyn, desc ribes eleven trades or occupations current at the time. The text contains important ethnographic, economic and technological data. (For more information, see the Introduction).
Language: Persian.
Physical description: 1 volume (34 leaves)on paper with 12 drawings and 5 color illustrations.
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Introduction to the Text by Mehr Afshan Farooqi Introduction
Translation of The Eleven Illustrations by Mehr Afshan Farooqi
Translation
Biographical Data for Robert Glyn, Patron
of the Text
A Description of Manufacturing Glass, Folio 2,
recto
Drawing of Furnace for Glassmaking, Folio 3,
recto
A Description of Bangle Manufacture, Folio 4,
recto
Drawing of Tools Used in Glass Bangle Manufacture, Folio
5, recto
Tools Used in the Manfacture of Lac Bangles, Folio
6, recto
Drawing of Tools Used in the Manufacture of Lac Bangles, Folio
7, recto
About a Crimper and his Tools, Folio 8, recto
Painting of a Crimper, Folio 9, recto
Drawing of a Crimper's Tools, Folio 10, recto
About Gram Parchers and their Tools, Folio, 11,
recto
Drawing of a Furnace for Parching Grain, Folio
12, recto
About Chaarpaaii Weaver's and their Tools, Folio
13, recto
Drawing of Tools of Chaarpaaii Weavers, Folio
14, recto
Description of a Pansaarii's Shop and the Goods Sold There, Folio
15, recto
Tables I - VII, Listing Goods (And Prices!!) Sold by the Pansaarii,
Folio 15, verso
Painting of a Pansaarii, Folio 19, recto
Drawing of the Pots of a Pansaarii, Folio 20,
recto
About Wire Making from Iron and Silver, etc., and its Tools, Folio
21, recto
Painting of the Manufacture of Iron and Silver Wire, Folio
22, recto
Drawing of Tools for Manufacturing Iron and Silver Wire, Folio
23, recto
About Making Silk Thread Covered With Gold and Silver Thread, and
Gold and Silver Laces and Edgings and Its Tools, Folio
24, recto
Drawing of Tools Used to Make Silver Border Threads, Folio
25, recto
A Description of the Various Types of Kabaabs and Method of Cooking
Them and Their Tools, Folio 26, recto
Painting of Kab¹b Maker, Folio 29, recto
Drawing of Kabaab Maker's Tools, Folio 30, recto
About Goldsmiths and Their Tools and Names of Some Ornaments, Folio
31, recto
Names of Ornaments, Folio 32, recto
Names of Tools, , Folio 32, verso
Names of Weights, , Folio 33, recto
Painting of a Goldsmith, Folio 34, recto
Drawing of Tools of Goldsmith, Folio 35, recto
Drawing of Tools of Goldsmith (continued), Folio
36, recto
