IO Islamic 4013 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
Tazkirah-yi Hindi
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1 copy of Taz̲kirah-'i Hindī by Ghulām Hamadānī "Muṣḥafī"
Fragment from the larger Persian biographical dictionary of Rekhtah (Urdu) poets (with quotations of Urdu verses), completed in 1209 / 1794-5, by the author and poet laureate of Avadh (d. circa 1243 / 1827)
Extending from a-p: "Anjām" to "Payām"
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, but inelegant nastaʿlīq. Scribe: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz
Binding
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