Delhi Persian 475 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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Letters of Va'iz Kashifi
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1 copy of Ṣaḥīfah-'i shāhī by Kāshifī, Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ, -1504 or 1505
Title: Ṣaḥīfah-'i shāhīTitle: صحيفۀ شاهىTreatise on Timurid inshāʾ or the formal prose epistolary arts, dealing with compositional style in accordance with status, titulature, and address, generally based on the author's larger work, the Makhzan al-inshāʾ, completed in 907/1501
The work is divided into an ʿunvān, three ṣaḥīfah (ff. 3v, 88v, 103v), with each ṣaḥīfah further divided into saṭr, and concluding with a khāṭimah
Good nastaʿlīq inclining toward cursive styles in parts
Not dated
Dated seal (f. 1v): 1170/1756-7
Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: 126 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 296 × 190 mm.Dimensions (written):Hand(s)
History
Origin: 18th century CE ; IndiaRecord 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f027rAvailability
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