Delhi Persian 85* (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Jurisprudence and correspondence, 2 items (a-b)
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Language(s): Persian and Arabic
Delhi Persian 85* a.
Rough draft of an original but apparently untitled treatise on jurisprudence by an unnamed author.
Defective at beginning.
Not dated at end. Datable to the early nineteenth century.
Rough nastaʿlīq, mostly without diacritics.
Delhi Persian 85* b.
Untitled treatise comprised of petitions and official correspondence addressed to kings and lords (salāṭīn va khavānīn), compiled by Muḥammad Karīm Allāh.
The author wrote the work for his students and especially for his middling son, Muḥammad Yaḥyá.
Not dated at end. Datable to the early nineteenth century.
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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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