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Letters of Mahdi 'Ali Ayyami

1 copy of Qavāʿid al-inshāʾ by Mahdī ʿAlī "Ayyāmī"

Author: Mahdī ʿAlī "Ayyāmī" مهدى علی ايامی

Title: Qavāʿid al-inshāʾ

Title: قواعد الانشاء

Treatise on formal prose and letter writing, written in year ‘gharīb’, that is, 1212/1797-8

The work begins with an introduction, followed by five risālahs, and a khātimah

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 136 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 295 × 175 mm.

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Hand(s)

History

Origin: 18th-19th centuries 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f030r

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Bibliography

MSS Eur E207/26_f030r

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