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Delhi Persian 477

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Delhi Persian 477
Title:
Letters of Mahdi 'Ali Ayyami
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
136 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1798
End Date:
1840
Date Range:
1798-1840
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Names:
Mahdī ʿAlī Ayyāmī
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Delhi Persian 477

Letters of Mahdi 'Ali Ayyami

Contents

1 copy of Qavāʿid al-inshāʾ by Mahdī ʿAlī "Ayyāmī"

Author: Mahdī ʿAlī "Ayyāmī" مهدى علی ايامی
Title: Qavāʿid al-inshāʾ
Title: قواعد الانشاء

Treatise on formal prose and letter writing, written in year ‘gharīb’, that is, 1212/1797-8

The work begins with an introduction, followed by five risālahs, and a khātimah

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 136 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 295 × 175 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1798-1840 18th-19th centuries CE ; India

Record Sources

Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. Available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts, manuscript number: MSS Eur E207/26_f030r (digital images currently unavailable)

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    MSS Eur E207/26_f030r (digital images currently unavailable)

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