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Delhi Persian 148
- Record Id:
- 032-003451851
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- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100078718083.0x000007
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 148
- Title:
- Poems and commentary on Nāṣir ʿAlī Sirhind, 2 items (a-b)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
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- 032-003451851
- Is part of:
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-003451851
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 112 ff.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1750
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1750-1799
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- 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 - Subjects:
- Mysticism and poetry
Persian poetry--1500-1796--History and criticism
Sufi poetry, Persian - TEI:
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India Office Library
Delhi Persian 148
Poems and commentary on Nāṣir ʿAlī Sirhind, 2 items (a-b)
Contents
Summary of Contents: Literary collection of selections from the poems of Nāṣir ʿAlī of Sirhind accompanied by a later commentary. Volume not dated. Rough nastaʿlīq, Indian taʿlīq, and shikastah āmīz, by multiple hands. Extensive annotations. Lacking foliation. Lacking original binding. Paper dust wrapper (BEIC legal publication, 1851); watermarked (Britannia/Minerva seated in crowned oval frame; [San]ders & Co., [18]49); labels, torn and stained. Folios mostly unbound, occasionally disordered with lacunae; cropped, wormholes, stains, later repairs. Condition fragile.Language(s): Persian and Arabic
1. ff. 1v-28vLanguage(s): PersianDelhi Persian 148a.
Damaged fragment from a selection of the ghazalīyāt (letters alif, tāʾ, jīm, ḥāʾ) by the Sufi and poet, Nāṣir ʿAlī of Sirhind (also known as Sihrind or Sarhind), takhalluṣ ʿAlī (d. 1108/1697), writing under the patronage of Timurid (Mughal) Emperor Shāh Jahān I.
Defective at end.
Not dated at end.
Rough Indian taʿlīq and shikastah āmīz.
Heavily annotated in margins and interlinear spaces.
2. ff. 30v-111vDelhi Persian 148b.
Part of a prose commentary on the poems of the Sufi and poet, Nāṣir ʿAlī of Sirhind (also known as Sihrind or Sarhind), takhalluṣ ʿAlī (d. 1108/1697) by a critic partially named al-Riz̤avī al-Ḥusaynī, who wrote in 1183/1769 under instruction of his ustād or master, Shaykh ʿAbd al-Vāḥid.
The work ends abruptly without formal conclusion or a colophon.
Not dated at end.
Rough nastaʿlīq and Indian taʿlīq on buff paper changing to a finer and paler type after folio 93.
Language(s): PersianAuthor:Title: Miftāḥ al-daqāʾiq taftīḥ bāb al-ḥaqāʾiqTitle: مفتاح الدّقائق تفتيح باب الحقائقPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 112 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 230 × 165 mm.Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1750-1799Second half of the 18th century 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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