Delhi Persian 1057 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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1 copy of Lamaʻāt by Jāmī, 1414-1492

Language(s): Persian

Ashiʻʻat al-lamaʻāt (اشعة اللمعات), a commentary composed in 886/1481 by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī on the Lamaʻātby Fakhr al-Dīn Ibrāhīm ʻIrāqī (d. 1289?).

17 lines to a page; nastaʻlīq; rubrications; worm-eaten and water-stained.

18th century.

Author: Jāmī, 1414-1492 جامی
Title: Ashiʻʻat al-lamaʻāt
Title: اشعة اللمعات

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff. iii+116+ii
Dimensions (leaf): 280 × 120 mm.

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Detached leather binding

History

Origin: 18th century CE ; India

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 E207/1_f056r, f. 56r

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