A KINGLY GIFT
PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS TO KING GEORGE (British Official News.) Fress Association —By Telegraph—Copyright, RUGBY, April 12. (Received April 13, at noon.) What is regarded as the finest specimen of Persian handwriting in existence has been presented to King George by the King of Afghanistan through the Afghan Minister in London. This manuscript was written 200 years ago on milky white paper made from bamboo which was used in the East in past days. The writer used the pointed nail of the index finger of his right hand to write the fifty or more pages, in which every stroke and curve is perfect. The work occupied five years. Two other ancient manuscripts accompanied the gift. One is a treatise on horses, written in gold in Persian characters, and the other, also written in gold, is a masterpiece of Arabic handwriting, comprising Moslem prayers.
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Evening Star, Issue 19840, 13 April 1928, Page 6
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144A KINGLY GIFT Evening Star, Issue 19840, 13 April 1928, Page 6
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