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Delhi Persian 987

Record Id:
032-003380647
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Delhi Persian 987
Title:
1 copy of Chahār ʻunṣur by Bīdil, ʻAbd al-Qādir, 1644 or 1645-1720 or 1721
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
ff. ii+183+i
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1857
Date Range:
1800-1857
Era:
CE
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Names:
Bīdil, ʻAbd al-Qādir, 1644?-1721?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121345831,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/57523601
Bīdil, ʻAbd al-Qādir, 1644?-1721?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121345831,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/57523601
Najīb ʻAlī Bukhārī
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Delhi Persian 987

Contents

1 copy of Chahār ʻunṣur by Bīdil, ʻAbd al-Qādir, 1644 or 1645-1720 or 1721

Language(s): Persian

Chahār ʻunṣur (چهار عنصر) a series of exercises in literary composition in prose and verse by ʻAbd al-Qādir Bīdil.

Poor nastaʻlīq; copyist, Najīb ʻAlī Bukhārī; 18 lines per page; black ink with rubrications; worm-eaten.

Copy incomplete. The date, regnal year 9 of Akbar Shah (1230/1815), appears at the end of the second section (f. 122r).

Author: Bīdil, ʻAbd al-Qādir, 1644 or 1645-1720 or 1721 بيدل، عبد القادر
Title: Chahār ʻunṣur
Title: چهار عنصر

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: ff. ii+183+i
Dimensions (leaf): 227 × 166 mm.

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Binding

History

Origin: 1800-1857 early 19th century CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876

1876

Government of India

Record Sources

Based on description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. Available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts, manuscript number: MSS Eur E207/11_f043r (digital images currently unavailable), f. 43r.

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    MSS Eur E207/11_f043r (digital images currently unavailable)

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