Delhi Persian 529 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
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1 copy of Gharāʾib al-lughāt
Untitled commentary (erroneously endorsed at the beginning as the Gharāʾib al-lughāt) by an unnamed author, based on the Persian lexicographic treatise on Hindavī by ʿAbd al-Vāsiʿ Hānsavī (fl. 1140/1727).
Not dated at end.
Rough nastaʿlīq; ornamental naskh at the beginning.
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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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