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Delhi Persian 81*

Record Id:
032-004377998
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-004377998
MDARK:
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Persian 81*
Title:
Severely injured fragment of an unidentified romance or dāstān revolving around the adventures of Prince Mihr and others, set in pre-Islamic antiquity, mentioning the tomb of the Prophet Ādam in Sarandīp (Sri Lanka) and the Prophet Sulaymān (Solomon), but also characters from Firang (Europe), by an unidentified author.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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032-004377998
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Hierarchy:
032-004377998
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
79 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Arabic
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1770
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1770-1799
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Delhi Persian 81*

Contents

Summary of Contents: Severely injured fragment of an unidentified romance or dāstān revolving around the adventures of Prince Mihr and others, set in pre-Islamic antiquity, mentioning the tomb of the Prophet Ādam in Sarandīp (Sri Lanka) and the Prophet Sulaymān (Solomon), but also characters from Firang (Europe), by an unidentified author.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Severely injured fragment of an unidentified romance or dāstān revolving around the adventures of Prince Mihr and others, set in pre-Islamic antiquity, mentioning the tomb of the Prophet Ādam in Sarandīp (Sri Lanka) and the Prophet Sulaymān (Solomon), but also characters from Firang (Europe), by an unidentified author.

Defective at the beginning and end, with large sections of text missing due to wormholes.

Not dated at end. Datable to the late eighteenth century.

Intermittently foliated.

Distinct nastaʿlīq.

The work has been checked and corrected.

Lacking original covers.

Paper dust wrapper (BEIC legal publication on regulations for tobacco and ganza, published Calcutta 1852, Bengal Military Orphan Press, by F. Carbery); watermarked (lion rampant guardant holding sceptre in crowned oval frame; T H Saunders & Co, 1850); label, torn and stained.

Extremely fragile.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 79 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 305 × 180 mm.

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1770-1799 India

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876

1876

Government of India

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