Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Delhi Persian 1045 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

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1 copy of Mas̱navī-i maʻnavī by Muḥammad Afz̤al Ilāh'ābādī

Language(s): Persian

Ḥall-i Mas̱navī (حلّ مثنوی), a commentary on the first daftar of Rūmī's Mas̱navī-i maʻnavīby Afz̤al Ilāh'ābādī who is probably to be identified with Muḥammad Afz̤al Ilāh'ābādī (d. 1713). The author states in a verse preface that his aim was to supplement the commentaries of Shaykh [ʻAbd al-Laṭīf] ʻAbbāsī (d. 1639 or 1640) and Mīr [Muḥammad] Nūr Allāh‏ Aḥrārī (fl. 1622-3).

15 lines to a page; poor nastaʻlīq; rubrications; worm-eaten. 18th century.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff. i+141+i
Dimensions (leaf): 220 × 155 mm.

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History

Origin: 18th century CE ;

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876.

1876

Government of India

Record Sources

Based on description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. Available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts, manuscript number: MSS Eur E207/12_f075r, f. 75r

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