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Delhi Persian 1045

Record Id:
032-003380692
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Delhi Persian 1045
Title:
1 copy of Mas̱navī-i maʻnavī by Muḥammad Afz̤al Ilāh'ābādī
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
ff. i+141+i
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1700-1799
Era:
CE
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Names:
Afz̤al Ilāhābādī
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121449235,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/98930150
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Delhi Persian 1045

Contents

1 copy of Mas̱navī-i maʻnavī by Muḥammad Afz̤al Ilāh'ābādī

Language(s): Persian

Ḥall-i Mas̱navī (حلّ مثنوی), a commentary on the first daftar of Rūmī's Mas̱navī-i maʻnavīby Afz̤al Ilāh'ābādī who is probably to be identified with Muḥammad Afz̤al Ilāh'ābādī (d. 1713). The author states in a verse preface that his aim was to supplement the commentaries of Shaykh [ʻAbd al-Laṭīf] ʻAbbāsī (d. 1639 or 1640) and Mīr [Muḥammad] Nūr Allāh‏ Aḥrārī (fl. 1622-3).

15 lines to a page; poor nastaʻlīq; rubrications; worm-eaten. 18th century.

Author: Muḥammad Afz̤al Ilāh'ābādī اله‌آبادى، محمد افضل
Title: Ḥall-i Mas̱navī
Title: حلّ مثنوی

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: ff. i+141+i
Dimensions (leaf): 220 × 155 mm.

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Wrapper

History

Origin: 1700-1799 18th century CE ;

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 E207/12_f075r (digital images currently unavailable), f. 75r

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    MSS Eur E207/12_f075r (digital images currently unavailable)

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