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Delhi Persian 1577*

Record Id:
032-004380724
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Persian 1577*
Title:
Fragment of an untitled treatise on ethics and etiquette by an unnamed author.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
159 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Arabic
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1533
End Date:
1533
Date Range:
1533
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Delhi Persian 1577*

Contents

Fragment of an untitled treatise on ethics and etiquette by an unnamed author.

Language(s): Persian, Arabic

Fragment of an untitled treatise on ethics and etiquette by an unnamed author.

Defective at the beginning, having lost at least fifty-six folios according to Persian foliation.

Dated colophon (f. 159r): completed Thursday, 17 Jumādá al-Ūlá 940/14 December 1533.

Mannered naskh combining early nastaʿlīq.

Foliated in Persian.

First and last folios cut and remounted in new margins.

Binding damaged, with only the front board, detached, still extant.

Condition fair.

Author:

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 159 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 225 × 145 mm.

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1533-12-14 17_Jumada-I_940 AH; 14 December 1533 CE ; 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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