Delhi Persian 811B (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
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1 copy of Tālīf-i Sharīf by Ḥakīm Muḥammad Sharīf Khān ibn Ḥāz̲iq al-Mulk Ḥakīm Muḥammad Akmal Khān
Substantial portion from the lexicographical treatise explaining the terms and pharmacological preparations of Indian or ‘Hindī’ medicine, correcting the mistakes of older works, such as those commissioned by the Timurid (Mughal) Prince Muḥammad Dārā Shukūh, written by Ḥakīm Muḥammad Sharīf Khān ibn Ḥāz̲iq al-Mulk Ḥakīm Muḥammad Akmal Khān(d. circa 1221/1806).
The text ends abruptly and omits entries after the letter hāʾ.
The work comprises a preface, a muqaddimah, and chapters in alphabetic order, lacking a formal khātimah.
Dated colophon (f. 157r): completed by Naynsukh Dās Kāyath, resident of muḥallah Chhabivārah Khvurdassociated with the city of Shāhjahānābād, Monday evening, 13 Muḥarram 1271 or 17 October 1853 (6 October 1854). The scribe’s Gregorian calendar is out of date by one year.
Rough nastaʿlīq.
Stamped and Persian foliation.
The manuscripts comprises at least two portions (ff. 1-112, 113-157) distinguished by the quality of hand and paper.
Binding damaged (combed marble paper with brown leather edging pasteboards), labels.
Folios unbound; stains, occasional wormholes.
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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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