Delhi Persian 17* (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
A devotional book containing different works
Contents
Summary of Contents: 13 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Koran, Koran Reading, Qasidas, Muḥammad, Persian poetry, Islam Prayers and devotions, Sufi poetry, and Islamic sermons
1. ff. 6r-69r
Title: Chapters of the Qur’ān
It includes instructions on how to read the Qur’ān in Persian in f. 64-66
Language(s): Arabic and Persian
2. ff. 71v -91v
Title: Burdah
Title: برده
Text in Arabic qith short notes in Persian in f. 71
Language(s): Arabic and Persian
3. ff. 92r -93v
The fist folio is in Arabic and the rest in Persian
Language(s): Persian and Arabic
5. f. 101r
Work dated 21 Jum I 1247 correponding to RY 26 of Akbar II
Language(s): Persian
7. f. 108v-112v
Title: A sufic ode
Dated 1247 correponding to RY 26 of Akbar II
Language(s): Persian
8. f. 113r-119r
Ff. 119v-122v are blank
Language(s): Persian and Arabic
12. f. 149r-152v
Language(s): Persian and Arabic
13. f. 153r-209r
Language(s): Persian and Arabic
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 209 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 23 × 15 in.
Hand(s)
Decoration
History
Origin: 19th century CE
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on Arberry, Levy and Storey: Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the Library of the India Office. Vol. 3. (Unpublished)
Availability
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