Delhi Persian 1368B (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Poems by Vaḥshī
Contents
1 copy of a work by Vaḥshī
Untitled collection of lyrics or ghazalīyāt in alphabetic order by the poet, Kamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Bāfiqī Kirmānī takhalluṣ Vaḥshī (d. 991/1583).
Defective at beginning, supplemented with later replacement leaves (ff. 1-6).
Defective at end.
Not dated at end. The original portion is datable to the seventeenth century.
Replacement leaves in rough nastaʿlīq, with original folios in minute calligraphic nastaʿlīq.
Annotations, corrections, and additions in margins, usually written obliquely.
Not foliated.
Lacking original binding.
Paper dust wrapper BEIC legal publication on Regulation XVI for 9 September 1817, 26 Bhadon 1224 Banglah era, 14 Bhadon 1224 faṣlī era, 17 Bhadon 1224 Vilāyatī era, 13 Bhadon 1874 samvat era, 26 Shavvāl 1232 hijrī era); partial watermarks (J WHATMAN, 1814); torn and stained.
Folios unbound; cropped, wormholes, later repairs.
Condition 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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