Delhi Persian 1379 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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1 copy of a work by Muʿīn

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Untitled collection of the Sufi-themed lyrics or ghazalīyāt by a poet writing under the takhalluṣ Muʿīn or Muʿīnī, identified in the scribe’s concluding statement as the Chishtī saint, Khvājah Muʿīn al-Dīn Ḥasan Sijzī of Ajmer (d. 633/1236).

Not dated at end.

Rough shikastah āmīz.

Intermittent foliation in pencil.

Plain paper dust wrapper.

Folios mostly unbound; stains, wormholes, cropped.

Condition poor.

Author: Muʿīn معين

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 65 ff. (+2)
Dimensions (leaf): 198 × 157 mm.

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History

Origin: 19th century 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

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