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Tuhfat al-sibyan
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1 copy of Tuḥfat al-ṣibyān by Ranchhūr Dās valad-i Ranjīt Rāy Kāyath Jīvanpūrī
Title: Tuḥfat al-ṣibyānTitle: تحفة الصّبيانCollection of official letters relevant to Timurid or Mughal court politics and courtiers, compiled after 1145/1732-3, at the request of author's son, Rādhā Kishan ibn Ranchhūr Dās (Ranchhor Das)
Work divided into 2 faṣls: 1) letters written by authors on behalf of patron; 2) author's personal letters
Author also wrote a treatise on rhetoric, the Daqāʾiq al-inshāʾ
Although Storey reads the author's nisbah as deriving from Jawnpūr, it is possible to read the loconym as Jīvanpūr (located north east of Ahmedabad, Gujerat, India)
Language(s): PersianTranscribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra
Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 60 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 142 × 239 mm.Condition
Some folios overlaid with gauze
Hand(s)
Good, clear nastaʿlīq; rubrics in naskh. Scribe: Gangā Rām
Additions:Interlinear and marginal annotations by later owners
Seal(s):Binding
Seal of Timurid prince
History
Origin: 22 Z̲ū al-ḥijjah 1214, regnal year 43 of Shāh ʿĀlam Pādshāh AH; 1800 CE ; IndiaRecord 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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/9 9_52rAvailability
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