Delhi Persian 453D (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Commentary and translation on the Muqamat of al-Hariri
Contents
1 copy of Maqāmāt
Fascicule from a larger series of an untitled Persian translation and commentary by an unnamed author of the famous monument of Arabic picaresque and literary prose, the Maqāmātof Abū Muḥammad al-Qāsim ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥarīrī(d. 516/1122).
Not dated at end.
Rough shikastah āmīz to minute nastaʿlīq after f. 9; original Arabic text initially overlined, later in bold naskh.
Binding severely damaged; delaminating pasteboard.
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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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