Delhi Persian 485 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Treatise on Persian composition
Contents
1 copy of Mufīd by Shāh Muḥammad Zāhidī ibn Masīḥ al-Zamān Hānavī
Title: Mufīd
Title: مفيد
Beginner's guide to Persian literary composition by Shāh Muḥammad Zāhidī ibn Masīḥ al-Zamān Hānavī
The work consists of five chapters on synonyms, grammar, common phrases, and sample letters and documents as models
Defective at end
Not dated; circa nineteenth century
Language(s): Persian & Arabic
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 61 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 222 × 143 mm.
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Hand(s)
History
Origin: 19th century 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f038r
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