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Delhi Persian 1336A
- Record Id:
- 032-003392414
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- 032-003392414
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100053972638.0x000007
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 1336A
- Title:
- 1 copy of Dīvān by Nāṣir ʿAlī
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
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- 032-003392414
- Is part of:
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-003392414
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 72 ff.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1770
- End Date:
- 1771
- Date Range:
- 1770-1771
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Names:
- Sirhindī, Nāṣir ʻAlī, d 1697,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/26833521
Sirhindī, Nāṣir ʻAlī, d 1697,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/26833521 - TEI:
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India Office Library
Delhi Persian 1336A
Contents
1 copy of Dīvān by Nāṣir ʿAlī
Language(s): Persian and ArabicCollection of poetic compositions in varied forms and genres (ghazal and rubāʿī), in alphabetical order, by the Sufi poet, Nāṣir ʿAlī of Sirhind (also known as Sihrind or Sarhind), takhalluṣ ʿAlī (d. 1108/1697).
This volume originally comprised two items (101 folios) that have subsequently been split into two volumes with the colophon carried over into the second.
Not dated at end. See colophon in volume 2 (f. 101r): transcribed by (obliterated) […Aḥmad?] in qaṣbah Chāndpūr (Bijnor, UP), [under the government of] Najīb al-Dawlah, in RY 12 of ʿĀlī Gawhar, that is, Emperor Shāh ʿĀlam (1770-1).
Scribal nastaʿlīq and shikastah āmīz on alternating cream and pinkish orange tinted papers.
Frequent annotations in margins and interlinear spaces by multiple later hands, including flyleaves and vacant spaces.
Stamped and pencil foliation out of sequence.
Lacking original binding.
Folios unbound; severely cropped, wormholes, creasing, water stains.
Condition poor.
Title: DīvānTitle: دیوانPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 72 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 277 × 142 mm.Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1770-1771 RY 12 of Emperor Shāh ʿĀlam (1770-1) CE ; India, Chandpur, Bijnor, UPProvenance 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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