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Delhi Persian 1398
- Record Id:
- 032-004380701
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004380701
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100169708454.0x000022
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 1398
- Title:
- Miscellaneous works on poetry and divination, 3 items (a-c)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004380701", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Delhi Persian 1398: Miscellaneous works on poetry and divination, 3 items (a-c)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004380701
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004380701
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 14 ff. (+3)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1850
- Date Range:
- 1600-1850
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Firishtah
- Subjects:
- Divination--Early works to 1800
Islamic ethics--Early works to 1800
Persian poetry--1500-1796 - TEI:
-
India Office Library
Delhi Persian 1398
Miscellaneous works on poetry and divination, 3 items (a-c)
Contents
Summary of Contents: Composite volume collecting miscellaneous Persian and Arabic works on poetry, doctrine, and divination, comprised of three heterogeneous items from at least two separate sources. Volume not dated. Neat scribal nastaʿlīq on decorated paper to rough nastaʿlīq, by multiple hands, from different sources. Limited annotations. Intermittent pencil foliation. Lacking original binding. Binding damaged (marbled paper over pasteboards with cloth spine), labels. Folios mostly unbound; cropped, wormholes, later repairs. Condition fragile.Language(s): Persian and Arabic
1. ff. 1v-7rLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicDelhi Persian 1398 a.
Untitled collection of lyrics or ghazalīyāt in alphabetic order, mostly on the themes of mystical and courtly love, by a poet simply identified by the takhalluṣ Firishtah, who may be the same as Khvājah ʿAbd al-Vafāʾ (d. circa 950/1543) flourishing at the court of the Timurid (Mughal) Emperor Humāyūn.
Not dated at end. Datable to the early seventeenth century.
Neat nastaʿlīq on paper sparsely sprinkled with large flecks of gold.
Limited annotations in margins.
This item originates from a manuscript source similar to that found in item b.
2. ff. 8r-11vDelhi Persian 1398 b.
Fragment of an apparently untitled Arabic treatise on Sunnī doctrine making particular reference to the interpretations of divinity by Persian scholars, by an unidentified author.
Defective at beginning.
Not dated at end. Datable to the early seventeenth century.
Neat nastaʿlīq on paper sparsely sprinkled with large flecks of gold.
This item originates from a manuscript source similar to that found in item a.
Language(s): Arabic3. ff. 12r-14vTitle: Fāʾl'nāmah ba-nām-i Ḥaz̤rat ʿAlī karam Allāh vajhuTitle: فأل نامه بنام حضرت على كرم الله وجههDelhi Persian 1398 c.
Fragment of a divinatory treatise comprised of ʿAlavī talismans, spagiric medicine, and food, written by an unnamed author.
The work is organised into five sections termed nuqṭah.
The work ends abruptly with a catchword, indicating further folios have been lost.
Defective at end.
Diagram (f. 13v).
Not dated at end. Datable to the early nineteenth century.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 14 ff. (+3)Dimensions (leaf): 150 × 102 mm.Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1600-1850 1600 - 1850 CE ; IndiaProvenance 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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