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Reading nasta'liq:

Persian and Urdu hands from 1500 to the present
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Mazda Publishers, 1995 - Foreign Language Study - 278 pages

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Contents

Note on Romanization
7
Examples
31
Index of Examples 2
271
Copyright

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Reading nastaʻliq: Persian and Urdu hands from 1500 to the present
Reading nastaʻliq: Persian and Urdu hands from 1500 to the present
William L. Hanaway,Brian Spooner
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TitleReading nasta'liq: Persian and Urdu hands from 1500 to the present
Issue 3 of Bibliotheca Iranica: Literature series
Issue 3 of Bibliotheca Iranica Series
Volume 3 of Social and Policy Issues in Education
AuthorsWilliam L. Hanaway, Brian Spooner
EditorsWilliam L. Hanaway, Brian Spooner
Compiled byWilliam L. Hanaway, Brian Spooner
ContributorWilliam L. Hanaway
Edition2, illustrated
PublisherMazda Publishers, 1995
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized9 May 2008
ISBN1568590334, 9781568590332
Length278 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Foreign Language Study / Persian
Literary Criticism / Asian / Indic
Literary Criticism / Middle Eastern
Literary Criticism / Russian & Former Soviet Union
Persian language
Persian language/ Writing
Urdu language
Urdu language/ Writing
Writing
  
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