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Majmaʿ al-ṣanāʾiʿ & Yad-i bayz̤ā

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Collection of biographies of poets and poetic techniques

1. ff. 1-110
Author: Niẓām al-Dīn Aḥmad Siddīqī al-Ḥusaynī نظام الدّين احمد صدّيقى الحسينى
Title: Majmaʿ al-ṣanāʾiʿ
Title: مجمع الصّنائع

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)

Language(s): Persian
2. ff. 112-263
Author: Bilgarāmī, Ghulām ʿAlī Āzād غلام على آزاد بلگرامى
Title: Yad-i bayz̤ā
Title: يد بيضا

Biographical dictionary of ancient and modern poets, completed 1148/1735-6.

Dated: 19 Rabīʿ II 1178/15 Oct. 1764

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 263 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 266 × 171 mm.
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History

Origin: 22 Rabīʿ I 1124-19 Rabīʿ II 1178 (1712 - 1764) AH ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/7_f071r

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