IO Islamic 3780 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Anderson Collection

Laṭāʼif al-ṭavāʻif by ʻAlī ibn Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ Kāshifī Ṣafī

Summary of Contents: A collection of anecdotes by Fakhr al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Ḥusayn Vāʿiẓ Kāshifī known as al-Ṣafī (1463-1532 or 3), the son of Ḥusayn Vāʿiẓ Kāshifī, who compiled it in Gharjistan for the amusement of the Sulṭān, S̲h̲āh Muḥammad.

Author: ʿAlī ibn Ḥusayn Vāʿiẓ al-Kāshifī Ṣafī على بن حسين واعظ كاشفى صفى

Title: Laṭāʾif al-ṭavāʾif

Title: لطائف الطوائف

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 183 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 203 × 124 mm.

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Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink, with headings and overlinings in red.

Additions:

f. 1r contains a note in a later hand, perhaps by a bookseller, giving details of the author, the work and the present copy.

Binding

Brown leather 19th century Indian binding with rectangular border frames, outer border decorated with stamped circular motif.

History

Origin: Undated, probably 18th century; CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

Formerly owned by Lieutenant-Colonel William Anderson (1803-1858) who served as Commandant of Shah Shuja's 2nd Cavalry during the 1st Afghan War (1838-1842).

Purchased as one of 25 vols for a total of £7.0.6 at sale of Sotheby, Wilkins & Hodge on 16 March 1909. Ref IOR/L/R/6/309 no 546.

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/24, f. 33

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