Delhi Persian 1370 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Poems of Tajalli Shirazi, 3 items (a-c)
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Language(s): Persian and Arabic
Delhi Persian 1370a.
Brief untitled selection of eulogies or manqabat in praise of the Caliph and Imam ʿAlī in tarkībband form by the poet Mīrzā ʿAlī Riz̤āʾ ibn Ḥusayn Shīrāzī takhalluṣ Tajallī (d. 1085/1674).
Text in two columns without rulings.
Not dated at end.
Delhi Persian 1370b.
Annotations by an unnamed scribe comprised of selected quatrains or rubāʿīyāt by various poets, including Mīrzā Sanjar, ʿAbd al-Vāḥid, Ẓahīr, Hindī, Khayyām, and Ṭāhirī.
Text in six columns in alternating oblique and vertical orientations, without rulings.
Not dated at end.
Delhi Persian 1370c.
Fragment from the opening of the mas̲navī on divine love by the poet Mīrzā ʿAlī Riz̤āʾ ibn Ḥusayn Shīrāzī takhalluṣ Tajallī (d. 1085/1674).
This copy is defective, as suggested by the presence of a catchword and the lack of further folios.
Text in two columns without rulings.
Not dated at end.
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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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