IO Islamic 4072 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
Miscellany, prose and poetry
Contents
Alternative title written in English on octagonal label on front flap: Majmooa dast(a)wezat wo gazal aur noskhezat wogaira
Untitled and unattributed triglot miscellany or notebook in Persian, Urdu, and Sanskrit
Comprising excerpts from varied poetic compositions by the author and others (Persian and Urdu); numerological tables; recipes for food and medicine; Devanagari alphabet with pronunciation in Persian; Sanskrit prayer to the deity Ganesh; transcripts of older and contemporaneous letters; accounts; chronograms for contemporary events; titles of nobles and British East India Company officers; designs for seals; ciphers; horoscopes
Includes several dated inscriptions, ranging from 1820-40s, with reoccuring mention of Farrukhabad, Munshi Durga Prashad, and Sa'id al-Din Khan (the nāʾib of the younger nawab), etc.
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Physical Description
Hand(s)
Rough and crude nastaʿlīq, Indian taʿlīq, and shikastah āmīz; Devanagari
History
Availability
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