Delhi Persian 87A* (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Contents
Fragment from an unidentified hagiographic account focused on Chishtī saints during the reign of Sulṭān Abū al-Mujāhid Muḥammad ibn Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn Tughluq (d. 752/1351).
Defective at the beginning and end.
Not dated at end; datable to the late fifteenth century.
Not foliated.
Neat scribal naskh, occasionally integrating Bihari flourishes.
Sporadic annotations and corrections in margins.
Folios bound; creased, stained, cropped.
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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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