Delhi Persian 453C* (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Hariri's Maqamat, translation and commentary
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1 copy of Sharḥ-i Maqāmāt-i Ḥarīrī
Translation and commentary (mamzūj) on Ḥarīrī's Maqāmāt
Defective at beginning, commencing with the fifteenth maqāmah
The author's name does not appear
Dated colophon fragmentary (f. 452v): dated regnal year 40 [of Emperor ʿĀlamgīr] (circa 1698) by Sulṭān Muḥammad Siyālk[ūtī]
Neat scribal naskh throughout; Arabic quotations in red
Annotated in margins
Unbound; boards missing; severly damaged by tears at end and wormholes; fragile
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