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Jami' al-fava'id

1 copy of Jāmiʿ al-favāʾid by Kharakpat Rāy Kāyat

Author: Kharakpat Rāy Kāyat كهركپت راى كايت

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

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 33 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 155 × 240 mm.

Condition

gauze overlay

Hand(s)

Neat nastaʿlīq at beginning, continuing in clear Indian taʿlīq. Scribe: Nuṣrat Allāh

Additions:

Binding

History

Origin: Friday, 6 Ram. 1196, Bangālī faṣlī 1189 AH; 1782 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

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Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3.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

Availability

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