Delhi Persian 546 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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1 copy of Āmad nāmah-'i Afghānī by Muḥammad Irtiz̤á Khān ibn Navvāb Amān Khān ʿUmar Khayl
Trilingual vocabulary of Persian, Pashto, and Urdu, endorsed at the beginning and the colophon as Āmad nāmah-'i Afghānī, compiled in 1225/1810 by Muḥammad Irtiz̤āʾ Khān ibn Navvāb Amān Khān ʿUmar Khayl, with the intention of disseminating wider knowledge of Pashto.
The work is organised under a hundred and sixty-six sections termed faṣl.
Dated colophon (f. 332v): completed by Bānkī (Bānke) Rāy written at the order of Asadūlah[sic](Asad Allāh) Mumtāz al-Mulk Fayz̤ Muḥammad Khān Bahādur Hizibrjang, morning, 9 Rabīʿ al-Avval in RY 10 [of Emperor Akbar Shāh II] (1231)/8 February 1816.
The work is transcribed using an irregular combination of archaic and modern orthography for Urdu/Hindi.
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Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876
1876
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