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Summary of Contents: ديوان صائب Another MS. of the Diwán of Sa'ib, bought of Quaritch on May 14, 1901, for 15s. It comprises 349 ff. of 22'3 x 13'7 c. and 15 ll., is written in a clear and fairly good Indian ta'liq, and has no date or colophon. The poet's pen-name (takhallus) is invariably written in red.
Author: Ṣāʼib Tabrīzī, Muḥammad ʻAlī, d. ca. 1670 صائب تبريزی
Title: Dīvān-i Ṣāʼib
Title: ديوان صائب

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 349
Dimensions: 22.3 × 13.7 cm.

Layout

15 lines

Hand(s)

Written in a clear and fairly good Indian ta'liq.

History

Origin: undated

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought of Quaritch on May 14, 1901, for 15s.

Bequest of E. G. Browne.

Record Sources

Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.

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