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Letters of Surup Ram

1 copy of Riyāz̤ al-inbisāṭ by Surūp Rām ibn Mūhan Rām

Author: Surūp Rām ibn Mūhan Rām سروپ رام

Varied work in refined prose or inshāʾ, firstly, eulogising the town of Nuzhatnagar Narnaul (Haryana State), secondly, a collection of brief correspondence and poems and, thirdly, an essay on the blessings of good counsel. The khātimah discusses, along with other writers, the works of Abū al-Faz̤l, Ẓuhūrī, and Ṭughrā.

The author Sarup or Surup Ram ibn Mohan Ram completed the work in 1165/1741, reaffirmed in the chronogrammatic title

The work is divided into four faṣl, each subdivided into two sections

Dated: Ṣafar 1174/1760

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 77 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 245 × 99 mm.

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History

Origin: Ṣafar 1174 AH; 1760 CE ; India

Record Sources

Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. Available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts, manuscript number: MSS Eur E207/26_f016r

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MSS Eur E207/26_f016r

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