Delhi Persian 1061 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Commentary on Nizami’s Makhzan al-asrar and unidentified Urdu poem
Contents
1 copy of Makhzan al-asrār by Amān Allāh Anvarī; 1 copy of An unidentified poem in Urdu.
Delhi Persian 1061a. A commentary on Makhzan al-asrār by Niẓāmī by Amān Allāh Anvarī who composed it for the benefit of Ghulām Mullā Khvājah. The date of composition is given in a chronogram as 1031 (1621/62). Incomplete; 17 lines to a page, nastaʻliq; rubrications; 19th century.
Delhi Persian 1061b. 12 lines to a page; cursive nastaʻliq; f. 1 contains 3 impressions of an illegible 6 sided seal; the poem is followed (f. 96) by a table of numbers.
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Marbled boards.
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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