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Tazkirah-yi Hindi

1 copy of Taz̲kirah-'i Hindī by Ghulām Hamadānī "Muṣḥafī"

Author: Ghulām Hamadānī "Muṣḥafī" غلام همدانى مصحفى

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

Language(s): Persian

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

Form: codex

Extent: 19 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 165 × 255 mm.

Hand(s)

Clear, but inelegant nastaʿlīq. Scribe: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: 30 July 1897 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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 16_54r

Availability

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