Delhi Persian 1549 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
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1 copy of Nāfiʻ al-faras by Ṭūghuz ibn Nawzīn Shihāb ibn Muḥammad Fāz̤ū
A text-book on farriery by Ṭūghuz ibn Nawzīn Shihāb ibn Muḥammad Fāz̤ū. It begins with the origins of the horse going on to describe their ailments and treatment.
ff. 55; 19 lines to a page; nastaʻliq; rubrications; first leaf damaged; damp-stained; copyist, Ghulām Khāliq-i Ṣiddīqī al-Hānsavī; dated 14 Rabi’ I 1147 or regnal year 16 of Muhammad Shah (14 Aug 1734).
Physical Description
Condition
First leaf damaged; damp-stained.
Hand(s)
nastaʻliq; copyist: Ghulām Khāliq-i Ṣiddīqī al-Hānsavī.
Decoration
Binding
Loose Islamic style boards.
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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