Delhi Persian 244 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Contents
1 copy of Qurrat al-ʿuyūn fī aʿazz al-funūn by Muḥsin ibn Murtaz̤á
Treatise on Shīʿī tradition styled in elegant prose heavily embellished with Arabic phrases and quotations, in addition to the reproduction of Arabic aḥādīs̲, by Muḥsin ibn Murtaz̤á.
Summary of contents added by an early owner.
Not dated at end. Datable to the early eighteenth century.
Very fragile condition.
Physical Description
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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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