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IO Islamic 4804

Record Id:
032-004343705
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-004343705
MDARK:
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4804
Title:
1 copy of Qiṣṣah-’i Lailá o Majnūn by Hātifī, d. 1520 or 21
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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032-004343705
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
20 ff
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Urdu
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1700-1799
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
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Names:
Hātifī, d 1521?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000057316891,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/79269545
Hātifī, d 1521?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000057316891,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/79269545
ʻAjiz
Subjects:
Fables, Urdu
Love poetry, Urdu
Urdu poetry 1500-1800
TEI:

India Office Library

IO Islamic 4804

Contents

1 copy of Qiṣṣah-’i Lailá o Majnūn by Hātifī, d. 1520 or 21

Author: Hātifī, d. 1520 or 21 هاتفى
Translator: translator ʻAjiz
Title: Qiṣṣah-’i Lailá o Majnūn
Title: قصۀ ليلى و مجنون

Hātifī’s Persian version of the famous romance translated into Dakkani verse by the poet ʻAjiz in 1636

Language(s): Urdu

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 23.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 20 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 21 × 14 cm.

Decoration

History

Origin: 18th century CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on U. Sims-Williams: Handlist of Islamic manuscripts acquired by the India Office Library 1938-85. London, 1986

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