Delhi Persian 1124C (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

First mas̲navī from the collection of allegorical and Ṣūfī-inspired quintet or Khamsah of poems by Ilyās Abū Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf ibn Muʿayyid Ganjaʾī (d. 599/1203).

Summary of contents on flyleaf (f. 1Ar).

Dated colophon of doubtful authenticity (f. 167r): completed by Ilāh Bakhsh ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Qurayshī at Tabbah Lāvar in parganah of Mīrath (Lawar, Meerut, UP State), in the district of dār al-khilāfat Shāhjahānābād, 15 Jumād l-Avval (sic: Jumādulavval) in RY 29 of Emperor Awrangzīb (=ʿĀlamgīr I), 1094/12 May 1683.

Replacement leaves (ff. 3-7).

Rough scribal nastaʿlīq.

Dense and detailed annotations and corrections in margins throughout.

Stamped and Persian foliation.

Binding damaged, detached boards (brown leather exterior, pinkish brown leather doublure); delaminating, exposing inner matter (Kaithi text).

Dust wrapper over text block, Oriental paper.

Folios unbound; cropped, wormholes, later repairs.

Condition very fragile.