Delhi Persian 76A* (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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Miscellaneous literary works, 6 items
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Summary of Contents: Collection of multiple works on lexicography, isopsephy, literary style and prosody. Original nineteenth-century boards, detached from spine; fragile.1. ff. 1v-58vTreatise on poetic figures and techniques attributed to a certain Muḥaqqiq Ṭūsī.
Dated colophon (f. 58v): completed by Karīmbakhsh (written as unlinked initials: KRYMBKhSh) on 2 Jumādá al-S̲ānī 1245/29 November 1829.
Language(s): PersianTitle: Miʿyār al-ashʿārTitle: معيار الاشعار2. ff. 59r-60rBrief untitled collection of Arabic and Persian murabbaʿ poems on the theme of qavāfī, some attributed to Jār Allāh ʿAllāmah.
Not dated.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic3. ff. 63v-108rRare treatise on the science of letters, their lexicographical and normative importance in the Persian language.
Not dated.
Transcribed in a neater nastaʿlīq hand than other tracts earlier in the same volume.
Language(s): PersianTitle: Javāhir al-ḥurūfTitle: جواهر الحروف4. ff. 111v-138vLanguage(s): Persian & ArabicUnidentified treatise commenting on the ghazals of the poet Ḥāfiẓ Shīrāzī, endorsed on the first page (f. 111r) as Sharḥ-i baʿz̤ī ashʿār-i Khvājah Ḥāfiẓ-i Shīrāzī, by Mīrzā Khayr Allāh the muhandis or engineer.
The work is without a preface or introduction, beginning with the opening line of the first ghazal addressed to the sāqī.
Not dated.
Author: Mīrzā Khayr Allāh the muhandis5. ff. 139v-170rLanguage(s): PersianTreatise on rhyme and prosody, endorsed on the first page (f. 139r) as Vāfiyah fī fann al-ʿurūz̤ va al-qāfiyah, which differs from the title stated in the author’s khātimah (f. 170r).
Not dated
Title: Zubdat al-bayānTitle: زبدة البيان6. ff. 170v-184vLanguage(s): PersianTreatise on innovative conceits in poetry or fann-i badīʿ.
The work is a mukhtaṣar based on the Miftāḥ of Kakkākī and Mutavval of Taftāzānī.
The work consists of a dībāchah, muqaddimah, two faṣl, and a khātimah.
Dated colophon (f. 184v): completed Tuesday, 5 Shavvāl 1245/30 March 1830.
Title: Khulāṣat al-badīʿTitle: خلاصة البديعPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: 5184 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 297 × 180 mm.Dimensions (written):Hand(s)
History
Origin: 2 Jumādá al-S̲ānī-5 Shavvāl 1245 (29 November 1829 - 30 March 1830) AH ; IndiaAvailability
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