Delhi Persian 88* (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Summary of Contents: Untitled collection of mystically-inspired correspondence termed muvaddat'nāmah, rich with interesting social details, compiled by an unnamed editor.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Untitled collection of mystically-inspired correspondence termed muvaddat'nāmah, rich with interesting social details, compiled by an unnamed editor.

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

Paper dust wrapper (BEIC legal publication on legislation; not dated); watermarked (lion rampant guardant holding sceptre in crowned oval frame; C Wilmot, 1845); label, creased and stained.

Folios unbound; water stains, iron gall ink stains, creased, torn, wormholes.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 28 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 275 × 165 mm.

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History

Origin: 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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