Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Delhi Persian 1069 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

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1 copy of Dīvān by Ilāhāhbādī, Muḥammad Afẓal

Language(s): Persian

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).

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff. vi+140+ii
Dimensions (leaf): 213 × 162 mm.

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Decoration

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Binding

IOL half-leather, 17 June 1965

History

Origin: 25 Zu al-Qaʻdah 1253 (20 February 1838) AH ; 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_f097r, f. 97r.

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