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1. Delhi Persian 1369A

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Persian 1369A
Title:
Poetry of Ahli
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Hindi, and Persian
Date Range:
1650-1750
Extent:
63 ff.

2. IO Islamic 908/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 908/1
Title:
بوجھ نرنجن Būjh-nirañjana
Scope & Content:
An Islamic theological treatise in Dakhani verse. Begins: ات اچرج کہون ایل پہیلی جیو تین ھوئی جو سنے سنبھلے بیو جہانان کیون پرگھث آیا کون کون یہہ پہکھ [؟] بھرایا The poem is written in chaupāī and doharā metres, and contains a large number of Hindi words. The title occurs at the end of ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Hindi, and Urdu
Date Range:
1136
Extent:
14 folios. IO Islamic 908/1 is foll. 1-14

3. IO Islamic 1244

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 1244
Title:
بکٹ کہانی Bikaṭ kahānī
Scope & Content:
A Barahmasah poem, by Muhammad Afdal Gopal (d.1625). Of this poetic tradition, Francesca Orsini writes ‘in thiskind of poem an abandoned woman (virahini or birahini) pines forher absent lover or husband and describes her pitiful state, month after month,against the backdrop of seasonal changes a...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Hindi, and Urdu
Date Range:
end of 18th century
Extent:
20 folios

4. IO Islamic 4527

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4527
Title:
History of Saurashtra
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Hindi and Persian
Date Range:
1849
Extent:
9 ff.

5. IO Islamic 4769

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4769
Title:
1 copy of A collection of letters by Various authors
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Hindi, Persian, and Urdu
Date Range:
1865-1877
Extent:
16 items of varying sizes