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1 copy of Manāqib Ḥaydarīyah by Muḥammad Rashīd al-Dīn Khān Dihlavī

Language(s): Arabic

Author: Muḥammad Rashīd al-Dīn Khān Dihlavī محمّد رشيد الدّين خان دهلوى

Title: Manāqib Ḥaydarīyah

Title: مناقب حيدريّه

Hagiographic treatise in Arabic extolling the virtues and miracles of the Imām and Caliph ʿAlī ibn Abū Ṭālibby Mawlavī Muḥammad Rashīd al-Dīn Khān Dihlavī, who dedicates his work to the reigning king of independent Avadh (Awadh, Oudh), Abū al-Ẓafar Ghāzī al-Dīn Ḥaydar.

Not dated at end.

Condition poor.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 52 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 293 × 204 mm.

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History

Origin: 1818 - 1827 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876

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