Delhi Persian 583 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Mihr-i nīm’rūz by Mirza by Mirzā Asadullāh Ḵẖān G̱ẖālib

Summary of Contents: A short history of the Timurids from the Creation up to the reign of Humayun, begun in 1850 and intended to be the first half of a work entitled Partavistan

Author: G̱ẖālib, Mirzā Asadullāh Ḵẖān, 1797-1869. غالب، ميرزا أسد الله خان

Title: Mihr-i nīm’rūz

Title: مهر نیم روز

Title: Partavistān

Title: پرتوستان

Colophon: Completed by Fakhr al-Dīn Muḥammad on the fourth day of the third decade of Zu’l-Hijjah 1270 (17 September 1854).

Titled Partavistān on f. i recto

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: ff. vii+116+iv

Dimensions (leaf): 277 × 185 mm.

Dimensions (written):

Foliation:

Foliation in roman numerals in pencil.

Collation

Catchwords.

Condition

Layout

15 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink, with headingsin red. Copied by Fakhr al-Dīn Muḥammad.

Additions:

Occasional marginal notes.

Binding

Marbled board binding dating from the 19th century

History

Origin: Completed by Fakhr al-Dīn Muḥammad in India; 24 Zu ʼl-Hijjah 1270 AH (17 September 1854 CE)

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876.

Acquired by the Government of India in 1876

Record Sources

Based on C.A. Storey's description in Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library vol III: Mss Eur 207/16, ff 138-39. Revised and enriched by Ursula Sims-Williams

Availability

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Bibliography

C.A. Storey, §694, Persian Literature: A Bio-bibliographical Survey Online. Accessed 29 May 2023.

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