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Delhi Persian 1578*
- Record Id:
- 032-004380725
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004380725
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100169708454.0x00003a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 1578*
- Title:
- Miscellaneous works on literature, 9 items (a-i)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004380725", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Delhi Persian 1578*: Miscellaneous works on literature, 9 items (a-i)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004380725
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004380725
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 139 ff.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian
Urdu - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1780
- End Date:
- 1840
- Date Range:
- 1780-1840
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Izzatullah, fl. ca. 1712
Nihāl Cand - Subjects:
- Persian language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Persian letters
Urdu language--Dictionaries - TEI:
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India Office Library
Delhi Persian 1578*
Miscellaneous works on literature, 9 items (a-i)
Contents
Summary of Contents: Miscellaneous collection of fragments comprising Persian and Urdu literary works, including incidental annotations with Islamic prayers and formulae. Volume not dated. Rough nastaʿlīq by multiple hands. Annotations in margins. Not foliated. Lacking original binding. Binding damaged (combed marble paper with brown leather edging over pasteboards, detached), labels. Folios mostly bound, gathering intact (lacunae after item Delhi Persian 1578* g); cropped, wormholes, stains, smudging, later repairs. Condition poor.Language(s): Persian, Arabic, Urdu
1. ff. 1r-72vLanguage(s): PersianDelhi Persian 1578* a.
Fragment from an untitled treatise on literary criticism, possibly a late-seventeenth-century taz̲kirah of poets, by an unidentified compiler.
Not dated at end.
Bold rough nastaʿlīq.
2. ff. 73r-79vDelhi Persian 1578* b.
Fragment from an untitled collection of mystical and political letters, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Rough nastaʿlīq.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic3. ff. 80r-97vDelhi Persian 1578* c.
Fragment from an untitled collection of political letters, by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Rough nastaʿlīq.
Annotations and corrections in margins.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic4. f. 98vDelhi Persian 1578* d.
Untitled Arabic prayer or khuṭbah for the nikāḥ or Islamic marriage ceremony.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Arabic5. f. 99rDelhi Persian 1578* e.
Untitled sample text for the Islamic marriage contract or kābīn'nāmah.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic6. f. 99vDelhi Persian 1578* f.
Instructions for the preparations for anti-diarrhoeal medicine by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
Brief note on ḥadīs̲ follows on the next folio.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicTitle: Nuskhah-'i imsākTitle: نسخهٴ امساك7. f. 101vDelhi Persian 1578* g.
Untitled note advising on how to avert the evil eye by an unnamed author.
Not dated at end.
This is followed by a large lacuna where a number of folios have been torn or cut out, leaving only stubs.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic8. ff. 104r-118vDelhi Persian 1578* h.
Untitled fragment from a slightly garbled version of the Urdu translation by Nihāl Chand Lāhawrī based on the Persian tale Maz̲hab-i ʿishq by ʿIzzat Allāh Bangālī.
Defective at end.
Not dated at end.
Rough nastaʿlīq.
Language(s): Urdu9. ff. 119r-139rDelhi Persian 1578* i.
Fragment from an untitled Persian vocabulary with rather imprecise interlinear Urdu translations.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and UrduPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 139 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 201 × 151 mm.Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1780-1840Late 18th or early 19th century; 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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