Delhi Persian 46 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
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1 copy of Tarjumah-’i Quṭbshāhī by Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī al-Mushtahid
Translation of the Arba‘ūn or 40 traditions collected by Shaykh Bahā al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn ibn ‘Abdullāh al-Ḥaras̲ī al-‘Amalī, who died in 1030. Made by the command of Sulṭān Muḥammad Quṭb Shāh at whose court the author lived. It is not stated which particular king of Golconda of this name commissioned the work, but evidently it was the last king, Abū al-Ḥasan Quṭb Shāh ابو الحسن قطب شاه
Inscription on flyleaf gives the date 1168
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Physical Description
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Ta‘līq
Fine copy in one ta‘līq hand except folio 1r and 273v supplied in a later hand in 1124
Binding
Original leather binding seems partially intact
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