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Delhi Persian 1289
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- Delhi Persian 1289
- Title:
- 1 copy of Gulshan-i afkār by Kharak Rāy Gharīb
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- Record Type (Level):
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- Extent:
- 303 ff.
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- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1830
- End Date:
- 1830
- Date Range:
- 1830
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
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ʻUrfī Shīrāzī, Muḥammad, 1555?-1591?,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000044061826,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/50413291 - TEI:
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India Office Library
Delhi Persian 1289
Contents
1 copy of Gulshan-i afkār by Kharak Rāy Gharīb
Language(s): Persian and ArabicCommentary by Kharak Rāy with the takhalluṣ Gharīb, classifying the qaṣāʾid or eulogies of the poet, Sayyid Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥusayn ibn Zayn al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Jamāl al-Dīn Shīrāzī, with the takhalluṣ ʿUrfī(d. 999/1591), patronised at the court of the Timurid (Mughal) Emperor Akbar I (d. 1114/1605).
According to the preface and concluding chronogrammatic verses, the treatise was completed in 1139/1726 under the liberal patronage of Emperor Muḥammad Shāh, at the suggestion of the author’s literary associate, Mawlānā Muḥammad Saʿd ʿAẓīm, who lamented the lack of commentary on difficult verses in ʿUrfī’s qaṣāʾid, and corrected by Muḥammad ʿĀrif.
The work is divided into eight sections termed chaman in accordance with the author’s classification.
Dated colophon (f. 303r): completed 12 Rajab 1245/7 January 1830.
Pencil foliation.
Rough nastaʿlīq and shikastah āmīz by multiple hands.
Lacking original binding.
Fragment of a paper dust wrapper (EIC legal publication, printed by G. H. Huttmann, at the Bengal Military Orphan Press, Calcutta 1840); partial watermark (rampant lion in [crowned] oval frame); torn, creased, stains; labels.
Folios unbound; stained, wormholes, cropped.
Condition fragile.
Title: Gulshan-i afkārTitle: گلشن افكارPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 303 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 252 × 164 mm.Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1830-01-07 12_Rajab_1245 AH; 7 January 1830 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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