Delhi Persian 246* (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
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1 copy of Ḥall al-lughāt by Muḥammad Saʿd
Lexicographic commentary by Mullā Muḥammad Saʿdon the Laṭāʾif al-lughātof the Timurid scholar and historian, ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-ʿAbbāsī al-Gujarātī the munshīʾ, which collects and explains rare and difficult words contained in the Mas̲navī-i maʿnavīby Rūmī Balkhī.
Dated colophon (f. 251r): completed by Sayyid ʿAẓmat Allāh for Ḥāfiẓ Nūr Muḥammad jīv, under the ṣūbadārī or governorship of Khān Zamān Khān Bahādur, at ʿAẓīmābādknown as Patna, Friday, 22 Jumādá al-Avval RY 1 of Emperor Muḥammad Shāh, 1131/12 April 1719.
Stamped and Persian foliation.
Indian taʿlīq, with Arabic quotations overlined.
Annotations.
Folios unbound; torn, creased, stained, cropped, wormholes.
Fragile.
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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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