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1 copy of Dīvān by Rāghib, Muḥammad Jaʿfar Khān

Author: Rāghib, Muḥammad Jaʿfar Khān ‏محمّد جعفر خان راغب
Title: Dīvān
Title: ديوان

Extensive collection of Persian poems in a range of forms and genres

The work is prefaced with an autobiographical account, datable to circa 1184/1770.

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 142 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 292 × 188 mm.
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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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/18_f005r

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