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IO Islamic 4072
- Record Id:
- 032-004341883
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004341883
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163235680.0x00002e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 4072
- Title:
- Miscellany, prose and poetry
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Irvine Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004341883", "parent" : "#", "text" : "IO Islamic 4072: Miscellany, prose and poetry" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004341883
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004341883
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 52 ff. (unfoliated)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
Urdu - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1820
- End Date:
- 1850
- Date Range:
- 1820-1850
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Durrānī, Aḥmad Shāh, Amir of Afghanistan, 1723?-1772,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000025588905,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/139145910119027021680 - TEI:
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Irvine Collection
IO Islamic 4072
Miscellany, prose and poetry
Contents
Alternative title written in English on octagonal label on front flap: Majmooa dast(a)wezat wo gazal aur noskhezat wogaira
Untitled and unattributed triglot miscellany or notebook in Persian, Urdu, and Sanskrit
Comprising excerpts from varied poetic compositions by the author and others (Persian and Urdu); numerological tables; recipes for food and medicine; Devanagari alphabet with pronunciation in Persian; Sanskrit prayer to the deity Ganesh; transcripts of older and contemporaneous letters; accounts; chronograms for contemporary events; titles of nobles and British East India Company officers; designs for seals; ciphers; horoscopes
Includes several dated inscriptions, ranging from 1820-40s, with reoccuring mention of Farrukhabad, Munshi Durga Prashad, and Sa'id al-Din Khan (the nāʾib of the younger nawab), etc.
Language(s): Persian, Urdu, SanskritCopied from an original =-=-=-=-
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 52 ff. (unfoliated)Dimensions (leaf): 170 × 120 mm.Hand(s)
Rough and crude nastaʿlīq, Indian taʿlīq, and shikastah āmīz; Devanagari
History
Origin: 1820-1850 19th century CE ; IndiaAvailability
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