Delhi Persian 1345 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Contents
1 copy of a work by Shāpūr
Untitled collection of poetry in varied genres and forms (manqabat, qaṣāʾid, tarjīʿāt, tarkībāt, muqaṭṭaʿāt, ghazalīyāt, mas̲navīyāt, and rubāʿīyāt) by Khvājah Sharaf al-Dīn Arjāsp ibn Khvājah Khvājagī Ṭihrānī takhalluṣ Shāpūr (d. circa 1030-48/1621-39), an eminent imitator of the poet Fighānī, relative of the poet Hijrī and famous minister Ghiyās̤ al-Dīn Bayg Ṭihrānī the Iʿtimād al-Dawlah. The poet stayed at the court of Timurid Emperor Akbar I at Lahore for a few years, before returning to Iraq (Iran).
Not dated at end.
Scribal nastaʿlīq.
Folios unbound; stains, wormholes, later repairs.
Condition fragile.
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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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