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IO Islamic 4015
- Record Id:
- 032-004341830
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004341830
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163233992.0x00008a
- LARK:
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 4015
- Title:
- Majma' al-nafa'is, selections
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Irvine Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004341830", "parent" : "#", "text" : "IO Islamic 4015: Majma' al-nafa'is, selections" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-004341830
- Is part of:
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- Hierarchy:
- 032-004341830
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 238 ff.; paginated in Persian as 480 (+1) pages
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1900
- End Date:
- 1900
- Date Range:
- 1900
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
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- Names:
- Durrānī, Aḥmad Shāh, Amir of Afghanistan, 1723?-1772,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000025588905,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/139145910119027021680
John (sic, read George) Jasper Nicholls
Āsā Rām - TEI:
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Irvine Collection
IO Islamic 4015
Majma' al-nafa'is, selections
Contents
1 copy of Intikhāb-i majmaʿ al-nafāʾis by Āsā Rām
Title: Intikhāb-i majmaʿ al-nafāʾisTitle: انتخاب مجمع النّفائسNo formal title stated in the work
Selection from the larger Persian biographical dictionary of poets (with quotations of verses), the Majmaʿ al-nifāʾis of Sirāj al-Dīn ʿAlī Khān "Ārzū," apparently ordered by the Timurid or Mughal Emperor Shāh ʿĀlam in regnal year 4 (1177 / 1763), possibly while in Bengal, under the vice-regency of the Navvāb-Nāẓim Qāsim ʿAlī Khān
Consists of approximately 200 entries, mostly of poets connected with South Asia, extending from a-y: "Ījād" to "Yaktā"
Preface differs from other standard editions
The compilor or epitomaton is not mentioned. However, a note on the title page in the hand of William Irvine states, "Āsā Rām made this abridgement"
Not dated
Language(s): PersianTranscribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from AgraCopied from an original manuscript belonging to the library of
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 238 ff.; paginated in Persian as 480 (+1) pagesDimensions (leaf): 165 × 257 mm.Hand(s)
Clear nastaʿlīq
. Scribe: Sayyid Valī Allāh the naql nivīs
Additions:Binding
History
Origin: 1900 1900 CE Bhitari, Sayyidpur, Ghazipur District ; IndiaRecord 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 E207/16 (digital images currently unavailable) [Persian_III] 16_58rAvailability
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Bibliography
[Persian_III] 16_58rFunding of Cataloguing
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