Delhi Persian 872 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
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1 copy of Hidāyat al-iksīr by ʿAbd al-Hādī ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥafīẓ
Compendious treatise on the knowledge of the ancients, covering alchemy and elixirs, as well as early Arabic eulogies, by ʿAbd al-Hādī ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥafīẓ of Muṣṭafá'ābād (present Rāmpūr, UP), in the sarkār of Sihrind (Sirhind), who wrote the work in 1178/1764-5 to inform his contemporaries.
Not dated at end.
Heavily annotated in parts.
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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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