IO Islamic 4081 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Irvine Collection
Jami' al-fava'id
Contents
1 copy of Jāmiʿ al-favāʾid by Kharakpat Rāy Kāyat
Critical commentary and abridged selections from the larger taz̲kirah of poets and Persian poetry, the Majmaʿ al-nafāʾis, by Sirāj al-Dīn ʿAlī Khān "Ārzū", compiled in 1195 / 1781 at the suggestion of Shaykh Nuṣrat Allāh (same as scribe?) due to the immense length of the original work
The author's name could also be rendered Kharakpati Rāy Kāyath (=Kāyasth)
Copied for Thakurāʾī Ūdan Singh, son of Narāyin Singh
Physical Description
Condition
gauze overlay
Hand(s)
Neat nastaʿlīq at beginning, continuing in clear Indian taʿlīq. Scribe: Nuṣrat Allāh
Binding
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz of Bhitrī
1913-08-15
William Irvine
Record Sources
Availability
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