Delhi Persian 1503 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
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1 copy of Irshād-i mustaqīm by Amān al-Ḥaqq ibn Nūr al-Ḥaqq Dihlavī
Substantial fragment from the compendium on Islamic history and Sunnī Ḥanafī doctrine by Muftī Amān al-Ḥaqq ibn Nūr al-Ḥaqq Dihlavī.
The work was dedicated to the Timurid (Mughal) Emperor Akbar Shāh II, and completed in 1234/1818-19, around the age of fifty.
The work consists of five sections termed bāb.
Defective at end, having lost the final bāb.
Not dated at end.
Rough nastaʿlīq.
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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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