Delhi Persian 1371 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Poetry by Ghazanfar, 4 items (a-d)
Contents
Language(s): Persian and Arabic
Delhi Persian 1371a.
Collection of lyrics or ghazalīyāt in alphabetic order with quatrains or rubāʿīyāt by the poet, Sayyid Ghaz̤anfar Ḥusayn Bilgrāmī (?) takhalluṣ Ghaz̤anfar (fl. circa 1132/1720).
This copy suffers from the occasional lacuna and is interspersed with folios in a different hand.
Not dated at end.
Delhi Persian 1371b.
Untitled tarjīʿband by the poet, Sayyid Ghaz̤anfar Ḥusayn Bilgrāmī (?) takhalluṣ Ghaz̤anfar (fl. circa 1132/1720).
Not dated at end.
Additional compositions by the same Ghaz̤anfar have been added at the end.
Delhi Persian 1371c.
Untitled qaṣīdah in qiṭʿah form by the poet, Sayyid Ghaz̤anfar Ḥusayn Bilgrāmī (?) takhalluṣ Ghaz̤anfar (fl. circa 1132/1720).
Dated colophon (f. 119v): completed 1218/1803-4.
Delhi Persian 1371d.
Untitled qaṣīdah in tarjīʿband form by the poet, Sayyid Ghaz̤anfar Ḥusayn Bilgrāmī (?) takhalluṣ Ghaz̤anfar (fl. circa 1132/1720).
Dated colophon (f. 130v): completed 1217/1802-3.
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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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