Delhi Persian 1369B* (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
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1 copy of a work by Khusraw
Untitled collection of select lyrics or ghazalīyāt in alphabetic order, with qiṭaʿāt and rubāʿīyāt by the poet, Amīr Abū al-Ḥasan Yamīn al-Dīn Dihlavī takhalluṣ Khusraw (d. 725/1325).
Not dated at end. Rough nastaʿlīq on thin burnished paper, with lightly gilded rulings throughout. The opening has a crudely painted and gilded sarlawḥ and interlinear light gold wash (f. 1r).
Paper dust wrapper (BEIC legal publication on Regulation XVI for 1817); partial watermarks (VEIC); torn, folded, creased, stains; labels.
Folios bound; cropped, 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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