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Delhi Persian 49

Record Id:
032-004341352
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-004341352
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Persian 49
Title:
Collection of insha
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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032-004341352
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not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
258 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1750
Date Range:
1700-1750
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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India Office Library

Delhi Persian 49

Collection of insha

Contents

Collection of anonymised historical and diplomatic Timurid or Mughal official and private correspondence (inshā)

Defective at beginning and end

Not dated

Marginalia consists of poems in Persian and Urdu, lists of the names of Ṣūfī saints and jogis, and magic number squares (vafq al-aʿdād)

Ownership marks erased

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 258 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 240 × 162 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1700-1750 18th century CE ; India

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