IO Islamic 3831 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Three divans for mainly Timurid poets
Contents
Collection of three divans for mainly Timurid poets, in neat nastaʿlīq, with original rulings and mediocre ʿunvāns
1. ff. 1-214
Collection of poems by the celebrated Timurid poet, Kamāl Khujandī, consisting of eulogies or qaṣāʾid and lyrics or ghazals
The present manuscript commences with a rare preface in a wrought style
Crudely illuminated ʿunvān at beginning
Language(s): Persian
Title: Dīvān
Title: ديوان
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 318 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 238 × 159 mm.
Dimensions (written):
Hand(s)
History
Origin: 16th century CE ; India or Iran
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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f012r
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