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Delhi Persian 414B

Record Id:
032-003453664
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Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Persian 414B
Title:
1 copy of Dīvān by Manṣūr
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
34 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1632
End Date:
1632
Date Range:
1632
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Names:
Manṣūr
Muhammad Qutb Shah,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/194147905014779090001
Muhammad Qutb Shah,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/194147905014779090001
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Delhi Persian 414B

Contents

1 copy of Dīvān by Manṣūr

Language(s): Persian
Author: Manṣūr منصور
Title: Dīvān
Title: ديوان

Short collection of qaṣāʾid or panegyrics by a poet with the takhalluṣ Manṣūr, writing in praise of the ruler Muḥammad Shāh the ‘Shāh-i Jahān,’ who may be the same as Sulṭān Muḥammad the Quṭb al-Mulk Quṭb Shāh(d. 1626). No other clues as to the poet’s origins are disclosed here.

Dated colophon (f. 34v): completed in qaṣbah Marpallah (Marpally, Telangana), 16 Z̲ī al-Ḥijjah 1041/4 July 1632. The configuration of the date is ambiguous and at least one of the numerals have been overwritten.

Rough and compressed shikastah āmīz on alternating buff and olive green tinted papers sparsely covered with large and small silver and gold flecks.

Stamped foliation.

Covers of straw-coloured course cotton over pasteboard, with brown leather over spine; labels.

Folios unbound; water stains, cropped, wormholes, later repairs.

Condition fragile.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 34 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 185 × 110 mm.

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1632-07-04 16_Zi-Hijjah_1041 AH; 4 July 1632 CE Deccan, Marpallah ; India, Telangana, Marpally

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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