IO Islamic 3966 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
Majmaʿ al-ṣanāʾiʿ & Yad-i bayz̤ā
Contents
Collection of biographies of poets and poetic techniques
Treatise on forms and devices of Persian poetry, with examples from the works of important or popular poets
Good nastaʿlīq hand
Signed and dated: Damdārīdās (superscript note: Kamal Sen), 22 Rabīʿ I regnal year 1 of Emperor Jahāndār Shāh (=1124)/22 April 1712
Begins with the seal and inscription of the Nawab of Farrukhabad (see 'Irvine' Muʾnis al-Arvāḥ)
Biographical dictionary of ancient and modern poets, completed 1148/1735-6.
Dated: 19 Rabīʿ II 1178/15 Oct. 1764
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