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1 copy of Risalah-i Nishat-ara by Muhammad Salih.

Author: Muhammad Salih.

Title: Risalah-i Nishat-ara.

Occupies ff. 78-89 of the manuscript. For further details see Codrington/Reade No 210 (1). The note on f78a suggests the author may be the Mir Muhammad Salih Qawwal Dihlawi who is mentioned In (or under?) the rag Darpan. Work on music, divided into two sections, the first on Persian music, the second on Indian. Author's name appears in a note on f.78a.

Incipit: Al-hamdu lillah rabb al-'alamain wa salat 'ala Muhammad

Language(s): Persian.

References

Not in Storey.

Physical Description

Form: codex

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Hand(s)

Dinanath

History

Origin: A.H. 1137 (1722-3), evidently.

Provenance and Acquisition

Provenance: Sir George Staunton.

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