Delhi Persian 82* (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Summary of Contents: Brief untitled essay on literary criticism laying out the canon of literary works and authors, familiarity with whom is deemed necessary to write well the refined rhetorical prose of inshāʾ, by an unnamed author.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Brief untitled essay on literary criticism laying out the canon of literary works and authors, familiarity with whom is deemed necessary to write well the refined rhetorical prose of inshāʾ, by an unnamed author.

Dated colophon (f. 7r): completed 22 Shavvāl 1191/23 November 1777.

Paper dust wrapper (BEIC legal publication, not dated); watermarked (Stacey Wise, 1848); label, torn and stained.

Folios detached; wormholes and stains.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 7 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 228 × 142 mm.

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History

Origin: 22_Shavval_1191 AH; 23 November 1777 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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