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Delhi Persian 1369A

Record Id:
032-003392415
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Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Persian 1369A
Title:
Poetry of Ahli
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
63 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Arabic
Hindi
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Devanagari
Start Date:
1650
End Date:
1750
Date Range:
1650-1750
Era:
CE
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Names:
Ahlī Shīrāzī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, 1454-1536?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000048907841,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/36817419
Ahlī Shīrāzī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, 1454-1536?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000048907841,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/36817419
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India Office Library

Delhi Persian 1369A

Poetry of Ahli

Contents

1 copy of a work by Ahlī

Language(s): Persian, Arabic, Hindi

Untitled collection of poetic compositions in varied forms and genres (ghazalīyāt, muqaṭṭaʿāt, maṭlaʿīyāt, mukhammasāt, and rubāʿīyāt) by the poet, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf ibn Shihāb Ṣūfī Shīrāzī takhalluṣ Ahlī (d. 942/1535).

The concluding area before the colophon quotes verses by Ibn Yamīn (d. 769/1368).

Colophon (f. 63v): completed by Muḥammad Amīn (not dated).

The first folio has been cut and pasted onto a replacement folio.

Tinted papers (pale orange, pale greyish blue).

Not foliated.

Lacking original binding.

Damaged soft brown leather binding (delaminating combed marbled doubleurs, revealing Kaithi text underneath), broken spine.

Folios bound; cropped, wormholes, later repairs.

Condition fragile.

Author: Ahlī اهلى

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 63 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 224 × 131 mm.

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1650-1750 1650 - 1750 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

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