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IO Islamic 4590

Record Id:
032-004342042
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Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4590
Title:
1 copy of Ḥusn va ʻishq by Naʻmat Khān-i-ʻĀlī, d. ca. 1710
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
19 ff
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1899
Date Range:
1800-1899
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
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Names:
Aurangzeb, 1618-1707,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109510021,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/6178410
ʻĀmilī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121250795,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/27052262
Subjects:
Persian poetry -- 1500-1796
Persian prose literature
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India Office Library

IO Islamic 4590

Contents

1 copy of Ḥusn va ʻishq by Naʻmat Khān-i-ʻĀlī, d. ca. 1710

Author: Naʻmat Khān-i-ʻĀlī, d. ca. 1710 Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad Niʻmat Khān "ʻAlī", d. 1121/1709 or 1122/1710 نور علی نعمت خان نعمت خان على
Title: Ḥusn va ʻishq
Title: کحسن و عشق

The well-known allegory in ornate prose and verse

The work has been several times lithographed in India

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 375.
For a more detailed description see Edwards 1935, page 592.
For a more detailed description see Arberry 1937 a, page 203.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 19 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 8.7 × 7.2 in.
Dimensions (written): 6.6 × 4.7 in.

Hand(s)

Ordinary Indian nastaʻtīq and naskhy

Decoration

European paper, water-marked

Ruled margins; marginal glosses

History

Origin: 19th century CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by the Library of the India Officeto A. J. Arberryin 1937

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on A. J. Arberry: Hand-List of Islamic Manuscripts acquired by the India Office Library, 1936–8. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (New Series) (1939), 71: pp 353-396

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