Delhi Persian 1379 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
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1 copy of a work by Muʿīn
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.
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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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