« Forgeries from Chinese Turkestan in the British Library’s Hoernle and Stein collections ». BAI 14 (2000 [2003]), pp. 111-129, 17 figs.
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Mauro Maggi, « « Forgeries from Chinese Turkestan in the British Library’s Hoernle and Stein collections ». BAI 14 (2000 [2003]), pp. 111-129, 17 figs. », Abstracta Iranica, ID : 10.4000/abstractairanica.1468
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This is a well-documented history, also based on archive materials, of how diplomats and archaeologists acquired in Chinese Central Asia fake manuscripts produced by Islam Akhun and his accomplices in 1895-1898 and presumably by some of his former partners in the early 1930’s. S.-W. deals with the forgeries in the British Library but also provides information on fakes acquired by institutions of other countries. Islam Akhun’s forgeries are imaginary imitations of manuscripts in formal Brāhmī ...