IO Islamic 3999 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
Tazkirah-yi tuhfah
Contents
1 copy of Taz̲kirah-'i tuḥfah by Abū Ṭālib ibn Sayyid Muḥammad Naṣīr Khān ibn Sayyid Muḥammad Ṭāhir Ṭabāṭabāʾī Iṣfahānī
Brief, alphabetically-arranged, biographical dictionary of ancient and modern Persian poets of South Asia (mostly without quotations of poetry), dedicated to the Nāʾib-Navvāb of Avadh, Saʿādat ʿAlī Khān, and completed at Lucknow (Lakhnaʾū) in 1227/1812
Preface contains important updates and first-hand details on the poets Ḥazīn, Vālih, and Qatīl, etcetera
Autobiographical account included at end
Not dated
Transcribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from AgraCopied from an original manuscript belonging to the library of
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Clear nastaʿlīq
. Scribe: ʿAlī Aṣghar of Bhitrī
Binding
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Bhitrī
1913-08-15
William Irvine
Record Sources
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