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Delhi Persian 1574*
- Record Id:
- 032-004380721
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004380721
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100169708454.0x000036
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 1574*
- Title:
- Ethical treatise critiquing contemporary amorality and intended as a guide to salvation through a series of illustrative anecdotes and aphorisms, by the historian and translator active at the court of the Timurid Emperor Akbar I, ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Mulūk Shah ibn Ḥāmid Badāʾūnī (d. 1024/1615?).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004380721
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004380721
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 167 ff.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1683
- End Date:
- 1683
- Date Range:
- 1683
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Mīrzā Niẓām al-Dīn Aḥmad
ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Mulūk Shah ibn Ḥāmid Badāʾūnī - TEI:
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Delhi Persian 1574*
Contents
Summary of Contents: Ethical treatise critiquing contemporary amorality and intended as a guide to salvation through a series of illustrative anecdotes and aphorisms, by the historian and translator active at the court of the Timurid Emperor Akbar I, ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Mulūk Shah ibn Ḥāmid Badāʾūnī (d. 1024/1615?).Language(s): Persian, ArabicTitle: Najāt al-rashīdTitle: نجات الرّشيدEthical treatise critiquing contemporary amorality and intended as a guide to salvation through a series of illustrative anecdotes and aphorisms, by the historian and translator active at the court of the Timurid Emperor Akbar I, ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Mulūk Shah ibn Ḥāmid Badāʾūnī (d. 1024/1615?), who wrote this work at the suggestion of the eminent courtier and historian, Mīrzā Niẓām al-Dīn Aḥmad, who died before the work was complete.
Dated colophon (f. 167v): completed by Muḥammad Faz̤āʾil in Shāhjahānābād, Monday afternoon, 27 Shavvāl in RY 30 of Emperor ʿĀlamgīr ibn Shāh Jahān, (1094)/19 October 1683.
Scribal nastaʿlīq, occasionally shikastah āmīz.
Limited annotations in margins.
Pencil and Persian foliation.
Lacking original binding.
Binding, red half leather IOL covers.
Folios remargined, remounted and rebound; cropped, wormholes, later repairs.
Condition fair.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 167 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 261 × 172 mm.Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1683-10-19 27_Shavval_1094 AH; 19 October 1683 CE ; India, Delhi, ShāhjahānābādProvenance 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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