IO Islamic 3715 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Persian dictionary and grammar created at the order of the Nāʾib-Navvāb Ghāzī al-Dīn Ḥaydar, later King of Avadh (Oudh)

Fascicule consists of the section on pāʾ, that is the third baḥr from the first qulzum

Clear nastaʿlīq with lemata repeated in margins in red naskh (vide printed edition, Lakhnaʾu 1237/1822)

European wattermarked papers: WP 1819

Illuminated sarlawḥ added later

Dated Avadh royal seals in red vermilion or āl/shangarf ink: Amjad ʿAli Shah and Vajid ʿAli Shah

Dated: third volume completed by ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd the royal servant, 11 Shaʿbān 1241/21 March 1826

Language(s): Persian

Form: codex

Extent: 109 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 280 × 173 mm.

Dimensions (written):

Origin: 11 Shaʿbān 1241 AH; 21 March 1826 CE ; India

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