Delhi Persian 1046 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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1 copy of Mas̱navī-i maʻnavī by Muḥammad Afz̤al Ilāh'ābādī
Ḥall-i Mas̱navī (حلّ مثنوی), a commentary on the sixth daftar of Rūmī's Mas̱navī-i maʻnavīby Afz̤al Ilāh'ābādī who is probably to be identified with Muḥammad Afz̤al Ilāh'ābādī (d. 1713) – attributed here, however, in a note on the flyleaf to Muḥibb Allāh Ilāh'ābādī (d. 1648).
16 lines to a page; poor nastaʻlīq; rubrications; worm-eaten.
Dated 11 Rabīʻ I year 9 of Muhammad Shah (1726).
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Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876.
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