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Tazkirah-yi tuhfah
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1 copy of Taz̲kirah-'i tuḥfah by Abū Ṭālib ibn Sayyid Muḥammad Naṣīr Khān ibn Sayyid Muḥammad Ṭāhir Ṭabāṭabāʾī Iṣfahānī
Author: Abū Ṭālib ibn Sayyid Muḥammad Naṣīr Khān ibn Sayyid Muḥammad Ṭāhir Ṭabāṭabāʾī Iṣfahānī ابو طالب ابن سيّد محمّد نصير خان ابن سيّد محمّد طاهر طباطبائى اصفهانىTitle: Taz̲kirah-'i tuḥfahTitle: تذكرهٴ تحفهBrief, 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
Language(s): PersianTranscribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from AgraCopied from an original manuscript belonging to the library of
Filiation: Copied from original manuscript belonging to Qāz̤ī Bandah Ḥasan Khān, resident of Telia Nala, Benares (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh)Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 23 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 155 × 255 mm.Hand(s)
Clear nastaʿlīq
. Scribe: ʿAlī Aṣghar of Bhitrī
Additions:Binding
History
Origin: 12 May 1897 CE ; IndiaProvenance and Acquisition
Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Bhitrī
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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 E207/16_f107r rAvailability
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