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RSPA 22
- Record Id:
- 032-004380749
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004380749
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100169708454.0x000052
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RSPA 22
- Title:
- 1 copy of Fawāʾid-i Ghaniyyah by ʿAlī ibn Mubāriz Dilkhān
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004380749", "parent" : "#", "text" : "RSPA 22: 1 copy of Fawāʾid-i Ghaniyyah by ʿAlī ibn Mubāriz Dilkhān" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004380749
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004380749
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- ff.ii+15+v
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1782
- End Date:
- 1792
- Date Range:
- 1782-1792
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- ʿAlī ibn Mubāriz Dilkhān
- Subjects:
- Persian language--Grammar
- TEI:
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India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
RSPA 22
Contents
1 copy of Fawāʾid-i Ghaniyyah by ʿAlī ibn Mubāriz Dilkhān
Language(s): Persian
ff. 1r-15vTitle: Fawāʾid-i GhaniyyahTitle: فواید غنیهIncipit: بعد ادای حمد خدای غنی افرید کار پس از ابلاغ درود وجتاب سید مختارExplicit: این حرف در فارسی مستعمل استColophon: جایکه یاری ویاد بعون الله تعالی این رساله مسمی بفوید غنیه بتاریخ هفدهم شهر جمادی الآخری سنه ۱۲۶۰ تمت تحریر بافت وبا تمام رسید الحمد لله رب العالمین والصلوه علی محمد وعزبه المعصومین صلوات الله علیهم اجمعین.The author is entirely unknown apart from in this text, which is a short treatise on comparative Persian and Hindi grammar and lexicography.
The date is garbled; 1260AH translates to 1844AD, over fifty years after Jones's death. In the introduction, the author dates the text to 1197AH, which corresponds to 1782AD.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Cream woven paper with guards and supports.Extent: ff.ii+15+vDimensions (leaf): 250 × 180 mm.Dimensions (written): 180 × 90 mm.Foliation:European numerals in pencil.
Condition
Good condition. Some repaired worm damage.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 13
Uniform layout across the manuscript, except for f6r in which a poem is written transversely in the shape of a leaf down the manuscript.
Hand(s)
Black ink nastaʿlīq. Fairly spacious, but not particularly neat.
Decoration
Additions:On f1r, Jones has written out several words in Farsi and some words in Sanskrit (devanagari script). There are some authorial marginal notes throughout the manuscript.
Binding
Standard India Office half leather binding with wine-coloured marbled endpapers.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1782-1792 1782 - 1792 CE ; IndiaProvenance and Acquisition
RSPA 1-118 were presented to the Royal Society in January 1792 by Sir William and Lady Jones. This manuscript was presented by Lady Jones.
The Royal Society's collection of 280 Persian and Arabic, and 86 Sanskrit manuscripts were transferred to the India Office Library in 1876.
1876
India Office Library
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on E. Denison Ross and E. G. Browne, Catalogue of two collections of Persian and Arabic manuscripts preserved in the India Office Library (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1902), p. 19 no. XXIIAvailability
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