IO Islamic 3848 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Guy va chawgan of 'Arifi
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1 copy of Ḥāl'nāmah by ʿĀrifī Hiravī
Title: Ḥāl'nāmah
Title: حال نامه
Fine manuscript of the sufi masnavi by the poet 'Arifi, with a good illuminated ʿunvān and multiple coloured rulings, very fine nastaʿlīq on pale speckled paper and buff borders
Scribe: Muḥammad Razaʾī
Ownership inscriptions (ff. 1r, 2r) and oval seal
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 24 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 175 mm.
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History
Origin: Shaʿbān 963 AH; 1556 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f015r
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