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IO Islamic 3929

Record Id:
032-004341745
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 3929
Title:
Makhzan al-fava'id
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Irvine Collection
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
355 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1900
Date Range:
1800-1900
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Lord William Bentinck
Ḥafīẓ al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Hilāl al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ṣiddīqī al-Barduvānī
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Irvine Collection

IO Islamic 3929

Makhzan al-fava'id

Contents

1 copy of Makhzan al-favāʾid by Ḥafīẓ al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Hilāl al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ṣiddīqī al-Barduvānī

Author: Ḥafīẓ al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Hilāl al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ṣiddīqī al-Barduvānī حفيظ الدّين احمد ابن هلال الدّين محمّد الصّدّيقى البردوانى
Title: Makhzan al-favāʾid
Title: مخزن الفوائد

Manual of inshāʾ or epistolography, including numerous anecdotes

Text is prefaced with a sketch of the author's autobiography, detailing his years of service for the East India Company

The work is dedicated to Lord William Bentinck, and completed in 1246 / 1830-1

Not dated

Apparently an autograph

No other copies appear to be recorded

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 355 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 273 × 205 mm.

Hand(s)

Nastaʿlīq

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 1800-1900 19th century CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

1913-08-15

William Irvine

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/18_f056r (digital images currently unavailable)

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Bibliography

    MSS Eur E207/18_f.56r (digital images currently unavailable)

Funding of Cataloguing

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