Delhi Persian 580 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Treatise extracting and commenting on verses encountered in canonical works of prose and epistolary manuals compiled by ʿInāyat Khān takhalluṣ Rāsikh ibn Shams al-Dawlah Luṭf Allāh Khān Ṣādiq Bahādur Mutahavvarjang (flourishing 1163/1750), poet, literature and statesman.

The work is organised into 14 bāb and 100 faṣl.

The work was completed in 1150/1737.

This treatise is distinct from a similarly entitled work of the author, ʿInāyat'nāmah-'i nas̲r, written later (in 1163/1750), which compiles historical and elegant correspondence of political significance.

Not dated at end; datable to the early eighteenth century.

Disciplined scribal taʿlīq throughout.

Lacking original binding.

Folios bound; stains and wormholes.

Urdu verses added at beginning.