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RSPA 69

Record Id:
032-004380790
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
RSPA 69
Title:
1 copy of Hazār Dhrupad by Nāyak Bakhshū
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
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not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
ff.ii+211+iv
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1627
End Date:
1697
Date Range:
1627-1697
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Aurangzeb, Emperor of Hindustan, 1618-1707,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109510021,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/6178410
Khan, Qabil,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000044805602,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/71126964
Nāyak Bakhshū
Shahjahan, Emperor of India, 1592?-1666,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066751721,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/13108102
Subjects:
Music--India--Philosophy and aesthetics
TEI:

India Office Library

Jones Collection

Royal Society Arabic and Persian

RSPA 69

Contents

1 copy of Hazār Dhrupad by Nāyak Bakhshū

Language(s): Persian

ff. 1v-211v
Title: Hazār Dhrupad
Title: هزار دهرپد
Author: Nāyak Bakhshū نایک بخشو
Incipit: الله اکبر. وچون نقوس مقدسه تجرد نهاد را میل بلذات روحانی
Explicit: ادتر آدت کاهی ابیات

This is a collection of 1004 dhrupad (traditional north-Indian musical genre) composed by Nāyak Bakhshū (active in the 16th century) which were translated into Persian under the direction of Shāh Jahān, to whom the work is dedicated and whose name is introduced in every chorus.

The final folio (f211v) bears a seal from 1109AH of a man called Qābil Khān in the court of Aurangzeb.

There is a blue and gold headpiece on f1v.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Gold-flecked strong white woven paper.
Extent: ff.ii+211+iv
Dimensions (leaf): 260 × 190 mm.
Dimensions (written): 170 × 100 mm.
Foliation:

European numerals in pencil.

Condition

Extensive worm damage. Supports and guards.

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 8

The layout is variable depending on the contents of the dhrupad.

Hand(s)

Black ink Indian-style taʿlīq script with rubrications.

Decoration

The manuscript is covered in gold flecks and the margins of each folio are also gilded.

Additions:

There are marginal notations on some folios in the same hand as the scribe.

Binding

Standard India Office half leather binding with wine-coloured marbled endpapers.

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: 1627-1697 1627 - 1697 CE ; India

Provenance 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.55 no.LXIX

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