Delhi Persian 1210 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
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1 copy of Risālah-ʼi muʻammā by Nīshāpūrī, Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad, -1499
A treatise, largely in verse, on writing riddles, by Mīr Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Shīrāzī, known as Mīr Ḥusayn-i Muʻammāʼī Nīshāpūrī, who dedicated it to his patron Mīr ʻAlī Shīr Navāʼī.
ff. 62; 11-13 lines to a page; nastaʻliq; dated 24 Rabiʻ I, 1246 (12 Sept 1830).
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Marbled boards.
History
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
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