Delhi Persian 1059A (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
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1 copy of Lavāʼiḥ by Anṣārī, ʻAbd al-Malik ibn ʻAbd al-Ghafūr
A commentary of Jāmī's Lavāʼiḥ by ʻAbd al-Malik ibn ʻAbd al-Ghafūr al-Anṣārī, known as Amān-i Pānīpatī, who began his work after the death of his spiritual teacher Shams al-Dīn al-Lārī on 29 Ramazan 937 (16 May 1531). Incomplete index at beginning (ff. ii-viii).
ff 513; varying number of lines to a page; fair nastaʻliq; rubrications; some marginal comments, copyist: Muḥammad Muṣāḥib; 18th century.
Physical Description
Condition
Very bad condition with binding detaching and coming apart.
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Decoration
Binding
Detached oriental stamped leather binding.
History
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
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