Delhi Persian 1000 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Durr-e Maknun of ‘Abd al-Fattah
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1 copy of Durr-i maknūn by ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Ḥusaynī al-ʿAskarī
Epitome and commentary on Rumi’s Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavī by the author ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Ḥusaynī al-ʿAskarī.
The work is dedicated to the Timurid or Mughal Emperor ʿĀlamgīr I.
Not dated at end.
Many detailed annotations in margins.
Illuminate ʿunvān in the sixteenth-century Timurid style cut and pasted from an older source; black and yellow rulings.
Distinct shikastah āmīz, with verses in two columns, on purplish pink paper.
Pencil foliation.
Only front flap from soft leather binding survives (brown leather exterior, deep pink leather doublure).
Condition fragile.
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