Dabistān
Published: 1859
Language: guj
Translated from: per
Number of pages: 904
Subjects: Religions; Early works to 1800; Religion
Work titles: Dabistān Gujarati
Description: A description of various religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism current in India in the 17th century.
Notes: Date from vol. 1 p. [1] (18 Feb. 1859, corresponding to the day Asman of the month Amurdad 1229 yazdegirdi). The scribe gives his name as Jamshedji Kawasji Dordi. A colophon on p. 499-501 of vol. 1 adds that he was a Parsi living in Nausari in Gujarat.

Both volumes bound in mottled calf, vol. 2 having a paper jacket on which there is a decorative inscription in Gujarati and the name "Jamsetjee Kavasjee Lordee".

MS Indic 2535. Houghton Library, Harvard University.

In Gujarati, a translation from the original Persian.