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Delhi Persian 586
- Record Id:
- 032-004580189
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004580189
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100193852930.0x000003
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 586
- Title:
- Volume containing two works (a, b)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004580189", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Delhi Persian 586: Volume containing two works (a, b)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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- 032-004580189
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004580189
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- ff. ii+95+i; ff. 62v-64r blank.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1850
- Date Range:
- 1800-1850
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Maḥmūd Gāwān̲, 1411?-1481,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000425228861,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/306081118
Muḥammad ʻAlī Ḥazīn, 1692?-1766?,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066773816,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/50013027
Nādir Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1688-1747,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066753540,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/16017634
ʻAz̤mat Allāh Ajmīrī
ʻAz̤mat Allāh Ajmīrī. - Subjects:
- Letter writing, Persian
Poets, Persian--Biography - TEI:
-
India Office Library
Delhi Persian 586
Volume containing two works (a, b)
Contents
Summary of Contents: A composite volume containing two separate manuscripts (a) Taz̲kirat al-muʿāṣirīn by Muḥammad ʻAlī Ḥazīn and (b) Manāẓir al-inshā’ by Maḥmūd Gāvān.Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: ff. ii+95+i; ff. 62v-64r blank.Foliation:Foliation in roman numerals in pencil.
Condition
Fair.
Additions:Contents note in Persian on f. i recto.
Seal(s):Binding
Marbled board binding dating from the 19th century.
Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 62v, 64r, 95v).
History
Origin: Early 19th century CE ; IndiaProvenance 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
Delhi Persian 586a
Contents
Biographical notices for contemporary poets, completed in 1165 (1752).
ff. 1v-62rTitle: Taz̲kirat al-muʿāṣirīnTitle: تذكرة المعاصرينColophon: Colophon (f. 62r): completed by ʻAz̤mat Allāh Ajmīrī on 13 Rabīʻ I, 1249 (31 July 1833).Language(s): PersianReferences
Based on C.A. Storey's description in Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/16, f. 44 (digital images currently unavailable).Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Fine burnished white paper.Extent: 62 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 274 × 173 mm.Collation
Catchwords.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 15
Mixed prose and verse, with verse in 2 columns, 15 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink, with headings and overlinings in red. Copyist ʻAz̤mat Allāh Ajmīrī.
History
Origin: 13 Rabīʻ I, 1249 AH (31 July 1833) ; IndiaDelhi Persian 586b
Contents
Summary of Contents: Manual on the art of literary composition by the Bahmanid minister, Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad Gīlānī known as Maḥmūd Gāvān.ff. 64v-95vTitle: Manāẓir al-inshā’Title: مناظر الانشاءIncomplete, lacking final folios.
Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Course brown paper.Extent: ff. 64v-95v.Dimensions (leaf): 274 × 173 mm.Collation
Catchwords.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 15
16 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink
History
Origin: 19th century CE ; IndiaAdditional Information
Record Sources
Description of whole volume completed by Ursula Sims-Williams.
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