Delhi Persian 1367 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Contents
1 copy of Dīvān by Maghribī
Collection of poetic compositions in varied forms and genres (ghazal and rubāʿī) by the Sufi and poet, Shaykh Muḥammad Shīrīn ibn ʿIzz al-Dīn Yūsuf Nāʾinī Iṣfahānī Tabrīzī takhalluṣ Maghribī (d. 809/1406-7), a close friend of the Timurid Prince Sulṭān Mīrān Shāh (d. 810/1408) and later rival of the court poet Shaykh Kamāl al-Dīn Khujandī Tabrīzī takhalluṣ Kamāl (d. 803/1400).
Partially dated colophon (f. 77): completed by Javāhir Mal (written as unconnected initials) at the request (ḥasb al-farmūdah) of Miyān ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, Muḥarram 1074/August 1663.
Rough nastaʿlīq.
Annotations in margins and vacant spaces by multiple later hands.
Lacking binding. Folios unbound; water and oil stains, foxing, smudging, creasing, wormholes, cropped, later repairs.
Condition poor.
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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
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