Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Delhi Persian 464 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Contents

Untitled collection of refined prose and poetry, often on historical and literary themes, by an unnamed compiler.

Language(s): Persian, Arabic

Untitled collection of refined prose and poetry, often on historical and literary themes, by an unnamed compiler.

Dated colophon (f. 61v): completed in maḥallah Ahlī, Monday, 19 Rabīʿ al-S̲ānī in RY 11 of Emperor Shāh ʿĀlam, 1183/22 August 1769.

Compact cursive ‘Indian’ taʿlīq in alternating orientations within narrow ruled text panels, some stained buff to deep brown.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 61 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 250 × 140 mm.

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 19_Rabi'-II_1183 AH; 22 August 1769 CE ; 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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Funding of Cataloguing

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