Delhi Persian 477 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Letters of Mahdi 'Ali Ayyami
Contents
1 copy of Qavāʿid al-inshāʾ by Mahdī ʿAlī "Ayyāmī"
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.
Dimensions (written):
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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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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