Delhi Persian 1244 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Commentary by Arzu on Sikandarnamah of Nizami
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1 copy of Iskandar'nāmah by Sirāj al-Dīn ʿAlī Khān Ārzū
Lengthy and detailed, though untitled, commentary by the great philologist, poet and prose stylist, Sirāj al-Dīn ʿAlī Khān “Ārzū” (d. 1169/1756) on the Iskandar'nāmah mas̲navī (comprised of the Sharaf'nāmah and Khirad'nāmah) from the Khamsah by Ḥakīm Abū Muḥammad Ilyās Ganjavī "Niẓāmī" (d. 614/1217).
The work is endorsed by a later hand (f. 1r) as the Sharḥ-i Sikandar'nāmah by Khān-i Ārzū.
Dated colophon (f. 306r): completed at Ḥiṣār Fīrūzah (Hisar, Haryana), 4 Rajab 1252/15 October 1836.
Swiftly transcribed in a small shikastah āmīz hand.
Pencil foliation.
Damaged red leather binding.
Fragile.
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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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