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Makhzan al-fava'id

1 copy of Makhzan al-favāʾid by Ḥafīẓ al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Hilāl al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ṣiddīqī al-Barduvānī

Author: Ḥafīẓ al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Hilāl al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ṣiddīqī al-Barduvānī حفيظ الدّين احمد ابن هلال الدّين محمّد الصّدّيقى البردوانى

Title: Makhzan al-favāʾid

Title: مخزن الفوائد

Manual of inshāʾ or epistolography, including numerous anecdotes

Text is prefaced with a sketch of the author's autobiography, detailing his years of service for the East India Company

The work is dedicated to Lord William Bentinck, and completed in 1246 / 1830-1

Not dated

Apparently an autograph

No other copies appear to be recorded

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 355 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 273 × 205 mm.

Hand(s)

Nastaʿlīq

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Binding

History

Origin: 19th century CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

1913-08-15

William Irvine

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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_f056r

Availability

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Bibliography

MSS Eur E207/18_f.56r

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