Delhi Persian 1069 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
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1 copy of Dīvān by Ilāhāhbādī, Muḥammad Afẓal
A commentary, here without title, on the Dīvānof Ḥāfiz̤by Muḥammad Afẓal Ilāhābādī (d. 1124/1713). According to another copy of this work, IO Islamic 2482 (Ethé 1270), this is part of a larger work entitled Kashf al-astār ʻan vujūh mushkilāt al-ashʻārconsisting of 18 treatises on Persian poetry.
13 lines to a page; nastaʻliq; dated 25 Zu al-Qaʻdah 1253 (20 February 1838).
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IOL half-leather, 17 June 1965
History
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Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876.
1876
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