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1 copy of Makhzan al-asrār by Ibrāhīm Thatavī

Language(s): Persian

A commentary on Niẓāmī's Makhzan al-asrār by Ibrāhīm Thatavī.

Copied on behalf of Rajah Ranjīt Singhin 1221/1806

ff. 132; beginning defective; 19 lines to a page; fair Indian nastaʻliq; worm-eaten; copyist, Miyān ʻĀẓim Ḥasan b. Miyān Fayz̤ Muḥammad.

Author: Ibrāhīm Thatavī ابراهیم تهتوی
Title: Sharḥ-i Makhzan al-asrār
Title: شرح مخزن الاسرار

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff. 132
Dimensions (leaf): 289 × 165 mm.

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Binding

Unbound. EIC printed wrapper dated 1850.

History

Origin: 1221 (1808) 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 E207/12_f086r, f. 86r.

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