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Delhi Persian 76A*
- Record Id:
- 032-004341393
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004341393
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163233768.0x000002
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 76A*
- Title:
- Miscellaneous literary works, 6 items
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
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- 032-004341393
- Is part of:
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-004341393
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 5184 ff.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1829
- End Date:
- 1830
- Date Range:
- 1829-1830
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Names:
- Bahār, Lālah Tīk Chand,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000044326724,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/58752912
Bahār, Lālah Tīk Chand,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000044326724,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/58752912
Faqīr Dihlavī, Mīr Shams al-Dīn, b 1703,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083320595,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/118422342
Faqīr Dihlavī, Mīr Shams al-Dīn, b 1703,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083320595,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/118422342
Ḥāfiẓ, fl 14th century,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000123418061,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/56731778
Jār Allāh ʿAllāmah
Karīmbakhsh
Muḥaqqiq Ṭūsī
Mīrzā Khayr Allāh the muhandis
Sakkākī, Yūsuf ibn Abī Bakr, b 1160,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000078375890,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/61532835 - Subjects:
- Literary style
- TEI:
-
India Office Library
Delhi Persian 76A*
Miscellaneous literary works, 6 items
Contents
Summary of Contents: Collection of multiple works on lexicography, isopsephy, literary style and prosody. Original nineteenth-century boards, detached from spine; fragile.1. ff. 1v-58vTreatise on poetic figures and techniques attributed to a certain Muḥaqqiq Ṭūsī.
Dated colophon (f. 58v): completed by Karīmbakhsh (written as unlinked initials: KRYMBKhSh) on 2 Jumādá al-S̲ānī 1245/29 November 1829.
Language(s): PersianTitle: Miʿyār al-ashʿārTitle: معيار الاشعار2. ff. 59r-60rBrief untitled collection of Arabic and Persian murabbaʿ poems on the theme of qavāfī, some attributed to Jār Allāh ʿAllāmah.
Not dated.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic3. ff. 63v-108rRare treatise on the science of letters, their lexicographical and normative importance in the Persian language.
Not dated.
Transcribed in a neater nastaʿlīq hand than other tracts earlier in the same volume.
Language(s): PersianTitle: Javāhir al-ḥurūfTitle: جواهر الحروف4. ff. 111v-138vLanguage(s): Persian & ArabicUnidentified treatise commenting on the ghazals of the poet Ḥāfiẓ Shīrāzī, endorsed on the first page (f. 111r) as Sharḥ-i baʿz̤ī ashʿār-i Khvājah Ḥāfiẓ-i Shīrāzī, by Mīrzā Khayr Allāh the muhandis or engineer.
The work is without a preface or introduction, beginning with the opening line of the first ghazal addressed to the sāqī.
Not dated.
Author: Mīrzā Khayr Allāh the muhandis5. ff. 139v-170rLanguage(s): PersianTreatise on rhyme and prosody, endorsed on the first page (f. 139r) as Vāfiyah fī fann al-ʿurūz̤ va al-qāfiyah, which differs from the title stated in the author’s khātimah (f. 170r).
Not dated
Title: Zubdat al-bayānTitle: زبدة البيان6. ff. 170v-184vLanguage(s): PersianTreatise on innovative conceits in poetry or fann-i badīʿ.
The work is a mukhtaṣar based on the Miftāḥ of Kakkākī and Mutavval of Taftāzānī.
The work consists of a dībāchah, muqaddimah, two faṣl, and a khātimah.
Dated colophon (f. 184v): completed Tuesday, 5 Shavvāl 1245/30 March 1830.
Title: Khulāṣat al-badīʿTitle: خلاصة البديعPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 5184 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 297 × 180 mm.Dimensions (written):Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1829-11-29-1830-03-30 2 Jumādá al-S̲ānī-5 Shavvāl 1245 (29 November 1829 - 30 March 1830) AH ; IndiaAvailability
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