Delhi Persian 989 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

1 copy of Faṣl al-khiṭāb by Dihdār Shīrāzī, Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd,‏ 1540 or 1541-1607 or 1608‏

Language(s): Persian

Ḥāshiyah-i Faṣl al-khiṭāb (حاشیهٔ فصل الخطاب) glosses by Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd Dihdār Fānī (d. 1016/1607) on selected sections of Faṣl al-khiṭāb, an encyclopaedic treatise by Khvājah Muḥammad Pārsā.

15 lines per page; nastaʻliq; copy incomplete; early 19th century.

Author: Dihdār Shīrāzī, Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd,‏ 1540 or 1541-1607 or 1608‏ دهدار شيرازى، محمد بن محمود

Title: Ḥāshiyah-'i Faṣl al-khiṭāb

Title: حاشیهٔ فصل الخطاب

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 119 ff

Dimensions (leaf): 235 × 133 mm.

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History

Origin: Early 19th century 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

1876

Government of India

Record Sources

Based on description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. Available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts, manuscript number: MSS Eur E207/11_f045r, f. 45r.

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