Razmnamah (British Library, Or. 12076)

Bhima Kills Kichaka and his brothers, by Dhannu. Though from the same copy, this folio is not in the British Library, and uses much less colour than most folios.

The Razmnama, British Library Or.12076 is an incomplete illustrated Mughal manuscript of the Razmnama, which is a translation of the Hindu epic Mahabharata written by Naqib Khan, and copied in AH 1007 (1598/99). It contains sections 14–18, the concluding part of the work, with some detached parts. There are 24 full-page Mughal paintings of high quality, all attributed to artists (two artists in three cases).[1] It is the second of the four surviving Mughal illustrated manuscripts,[2][1] described in the BL catalogue as "Sub-imperial Mughal".

British Library ("BL"), Or. 12076 has 138 folios which were already numbered when bought, the numbers running from 715 to 846, with others not numbered, but several leaves missing from the text.[1]

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  2. ^ Seyller, 37