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Delhi Persian 453D

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032-003453673
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Delhi Persian 453D
Title:
Commentary and translation on the Muqamat of al-Hariri
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
235 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Arabic
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1820
End Date:
1840
Date Range:
1820-1840
Era:
CE
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Names:
Ḥarīrī, 1054-1122,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108688311,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/9907600
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India Office Library

Delhi Persian 453D

Commentary and translation on the Muqamat of al-Hariri

Contents

1 copy of Maqāmāt

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Fascicule from a larger series of an untitled Persian translation and commentary by an unnamed author of the famous monument of Arabic picaresque and literary prose, the Maqāmātof Abū Muḥammad al-Qāsim ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥarīrī(d. 516/1122).

Not dated at end.

Rough shikastah āmīz to minute nastaʿlīq after f. 9; original Arabic text initially overlined, later in bold naskh.

Binding severely damaged; delaminating pasteboard.

Author:

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 235 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 310 × 210 mm.

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1820-1840 1820 - 1840 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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