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Delhi Persian 1375A
- Record Id:
- 032-003392408
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003392408
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100053972638.0x000001
- LARK:
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 1375A
- Title:
- Poetry and prose of ‘Ali, 3 items (a-c)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
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- [{ "id" : "032-003392408", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Delhi Persian 1375A: Poetry and prose of ‘Ali, 3 items (a-c)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-003392408
- Is part of:
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-003392408
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 182 ff. (+6)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1690
- End Date:
- 1720
- Date Range:
- 1690-1720
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Naʻmat K̲h̲ān-i-ʻĀlī, d 1710?,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000084510219,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/9292159478177627990001,
Naʻmat K̲h̲ān-i-ʻĀlī, d 1710?,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000084510219,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/9292159478177627990001, - Subjects:
- Persian poetry--1500-1796
Sufi poetry, Persian - TEI:
-
India Office Library
Delhi Persian 1375A
Poetry and prose of ‘Ali, 3 items (a-c)
Contents
Summary of Contents: Compendious collection or kullīyāt of poetic compositions in varied forms and genres by the physician, historian, litterateur, prose stylist, and poet, Mīrzā Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥakīm Fatḥ al-Dīn Shīrāzī entitled Niʿmat Khān, Muqarrab Khān, and Dānishmand Khān, takhalluṣ ʿĀlī (d. 1121/1710), who worked under the patronage of the Timurid (Mughal) Emperors Shāh Jahān I, ʿĀlamgīr I, and Bahādur Shāh I. Volume not dated; datable to the late seventeenth century. Neat miniscule nastaʿlīq and naskh for Arabic quotations. Occasional corrections and marginal annotations preserved in margins. Original folios cut out and remounted with new borders with red and blue ruled frames, wormholes; folios mostly unbound, cropped. Intermittent foliation in pencil. Later binding of reddish brown leather, damaged; labels. Condition fragile.Language(s): Persian and Arabic
1. ff. 1v-139rLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicDelhi Persian 1375Aa.
Untitled collection of lyrics or ghazalīyāt, in alphabetic order, by the poet ʿĀlī (d. 1121/1710).
Not dated at end.
2. ff. 140v-149vTitle: Khvān-i NiʿmatTitle: خوان نعمتDelhi Persian 1375Ab.
Preface or dībāchah in refined prose and poetry setting out elements of the author’s biography and explaining the motivation for selecting the takhalluṣ by the poet ʿĀlī (d. 1121/1710), then awarded the title Niʿmat Khān by the Timurid (Mughal) Emperor Shāh Jahān I.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic3. ff. 150v-182vDelhi Persian 1375Ac.
Untitled collection of eulogies or qaṣāʾid, themed compositions in the forms of muqaṭṭaʿāt or mas̲navīyāt, riddles or muʿammayāt, quatrains or rubāʿīyāt, occultist perorations or laghzīyāt, and tāʾrīkh or chronogrammatic compositions, with rubrication, by the poet ʿĀlī (d. 1121/1710).
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 182 ff. (+6)Dimensions (leaf): 239 × 163 mm.Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1690-1720 1690 - 1720 CE ; IndiaProvenance 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
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