Delhi Persian 451 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Contents
1 copy of Ruqaʿāt-i mutafariqah az munshiyān
Privately compiled collection or bayāz̤ for specimens of miscellaneous fine prose and poetry (including gīt and dohrah), in both Persian and Urdu (here termed Rīkhtah) or Hindavī, by an unnamed writer, possibly a munshīʾ by profession.
Not dated at end.
Nastaʿlīq, taʿlīq and ‘Indian’ taʿlīq on alternating tinted paper.
Folios occasionally disarranged.
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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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