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Delhi Persian 579A

Record Id:
032-004526366
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Persian 579A
Title:
Būstān-i khayāl by Mīr Muḥammad Taqī Khayāl
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
ff. 260
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1750
End Date:
1857
Date Range:
1750-1857
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Legal Status:
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Names:
Khayāl, Mīr Muḥammad Taqī, fl 18th century,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/35991009
Subjects:
Tales
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India Office Library

Delhi Persian 579A

Būstān-i khayāl by Mīr Muḥammad Taqī Khayāl

Contents

Summary of Contents: The first Gulshanof the second Bahār, or first Gulistān, forming the fourth and fifth volumes of Mīr Muḥammad Taqī Khayāl's Būstān-i Khāyāl(Garden of Imagination), a romance blending history and fantasy composed in fifteen volumes in India between 1742 and 1756
Author: Khayāl, Mīr Muḥammad Taqī, 18th cent. مير محمد تقي الجعفري الحسيني الأحمدآبادي Khayāl خيال
Title: Būstān-i Khayāl
Title: بوستان خیال

Lacks ending.

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support: Paper
Extent: ff. 260
Dimensions (leaf): 279 × 152 mm.
Foliation:

India Office stamped foliation.

Collation

Catchwords.

Condition

Without binding. Fragile condition with loose leaves.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 19

19 lines per page, ruled margins.

Hand(s)

Nīm-shikastah; black ink with red headings and overlining; copied in the same hand as Delhi Persian 579B.

Additions:

Wrapped in printed sheet from official Government of India document.

Seal(s):

History

Origin: 18th or 19th century century 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.

Acquired by the Government of India in 1876.

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