Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Delhi Persian 1371 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Poetry by Ghazanfar, 4 items (a-d)

Contents

Summary of Contents: Collection of poetic compositions in varied forms and genres by the poet, Sayyid Ghaz̤anfar Ḥusayn Bilgrāmī (?) takhalluṣ Ghaz̤anfar (fl. circa 1132/1720). Volume not dated; items c and d dated (ranging 1217-1218/1802-4). Scribal nastaʿlīq frequently declining into a rougher hand, by multiple hands. Extensive annotations and corrections in margins by multiple later hands. Intermittent foliation in pencil. Lacking original binding. Paper dust wrapper (EIC legal publication on Regulation XVII for September 1817, […] Banglah era, 21 Bhadon [1224] faṣlī era, […] Assin (Ashvin) 1224 Vilāyatī era, 6 [Assin 1874] samvat era, 4 Z̲ī al-Qaʿdah 123[2] hijrī era); partial watermarks (J What[man], 1814); labels, torn and stained. Folios unbound, occasionally disordered with lacunae; cropped, stains, smudging, wormholes, later repairs. Condition fragile.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

1. ff. 1v-113v
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.

Title: Dīvān
Title: ديوان
2. ff. 114r-118r

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.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic
3. f. 119r-119v

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.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic
4. ff. 120r-130v

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.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 130 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 260 × 136 mm.

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1217-1218 (1802-4) AH ; India

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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