Delhi Persian 89 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
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1 copy of a work by Ḥusayn Vāʿiẓ
Untitled treatise in praise of the Prophet Muḥammad and his family, by the great theologian, poet, stylist, and moralist, Kamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥusayn Vāʿiẓ Hiravī takhalluṣ Kāshifī.
The work was written at the order of Mīrzā Abū al-Ghāzī Sulṭān Ḥusayn Bāyqarā, the ruler of Herat.
Not dated at end; datable to the late seventeenth century.
Not foliated.
Fine shikastah āmīz and rough nastaʿlīq.
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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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