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Delhi Persian 580

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032-004378046
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Delhi Persian 580
Title:
1 copy of ʿInāyat'nāmah-'i nas̲r by ʿInāyat Khān Rāsikh
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
43 ff. (+2)
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Arabic
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1737
End Date:
1750
Date Range:
1737-1750
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Names:
Rāsikh, ʿInāyat Khān, b 1702,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000037689965,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/3115152331602903260000
Rāsikh, ʿInāyat Khān, b 1702,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000037689965,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/3115152331602903260000
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India Office Library

Delhi Persian 580

Contents

1 copy of ʿInāyat'nāmah-'i nas̲r by ʿInāyat Khān Rāsikh

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Treatise extracting and commenting on verses encountered in canonical works of prose and epistolary manuals compiled by ʿInāyat Khān takhalluṣ Rāsikh ibn Shams al-Dawlah Luṭf Allāh Khān Ṣādiq Bahādur Mutahavvarjang (flourishing 1163/1750), poet, literature and statesman.

The work is organised into 14 bāb and 100 faṣl.

The work was completed in 1150/1737.

This treatise is distinct from a similarly entitled work of the author, ʿInāyat'nāmah-'i nas̲r, written later (in 1163/1750), which compiles historical and elegant correspondence of political significance.

Not dated at end; datable to the early eighteenth century.

Disciplined scribal taʿlīq throughout.

Lacking original binding.

Folios bound; stains and wormholes.

Urdu verses added at beginning.

Author: ʿInāyat Khān Rāsikh عنايت خان راسخ
Title: ʿInāyat'nāmah
Title: عنايت نامه

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 43 ff. (+2)
Dimensions (leaf): 212 × 125 mm.

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1737-1750Between 1737 (date of composition) and 1750 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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