Delhi Persian 1204 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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India Office Library

Hazaliyat

Language(s): Persian

Compositions of an obscene nature in prose and verse. Neither author nor title is mentioned.

ff. 16; 21 lines to a page; nastaʻliq; 18th century.

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Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: ff. 16

Dimensions (leaf): 214 × 134 mm.

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Binding

Half leather European style blue spotted boards

History

Origin: 18th century CE ; 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 E207/17_f013r, f. 13r.

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Bibliography

MSS Eur E207/17_f013r

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