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Delhi Persian 1053

Record Id:
032-003380700
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Delhi Persian 1053
Title:
Sharh-i Masnavi
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
194 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1703
End Date:
1705
Date Range:
1703-1705
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Names:
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121449235,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/98930150
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 1053

Sharh-i Masnavi

Contents

1 copy of Sharḥ-i Mas̲navī

Title: Sharḥ-i Mas̲navī
Title: شرح مثنوى
Language(s): Persian

The text of the Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavī of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (d. 670/1271) together together with brief comments on selected passages by an unnamed author.

Incomplete at beginning and end

Contents: Daftar 2 (f. 49r); dafter 3 (f. 72v); daftar 4 (f. 96v); daftar 5 (f. 115v); daftar 6 (f. 139v).

nīm-shikastah; 21 lines per page.

Dates given in the colophons vary from 5 Sha’ban regnal year 46 of ʻĀlamgīr to 5 Shavval regnal year 47 (1703-1705).

Author: Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 194 ff.
Dimensions (leaf):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1703-1705 18th century CE ; India

Record Sources

Unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. Available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts, manuscript number: MSS Eur E207/13_f038r (digital images currently unavailable)

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Custodial History

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

Bibliography

    MSS Eur E207/13_f038r (digital images currently unavailable)

Funding of Cataloguing

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