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Taz̲kirah-ʼi Naṣrābādī by Muḥammad Ṭāhir Naṣrābādī
Contents
Summary of Contents: Notices of contemporary poets begun, according to the preface, in 1083/1672-73), but not completed, according to some copies, before 1092/168.Title: Taz̲kirah-ʼi NaṣrābādīTitle: تذکرهٔ نصرابادیColophon: Completed on 28 Shavval 1244 (3 March 1829).Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: ff. 307 and wrapperDimensions (leaf): 294 × 188 mm.Dimensions (written):Foliation:Persian foliation 1-306 (f. 98 duplicated); roman numerals, 1-307, in pencil.
Collation
Catchwords.
Condition
Loose leaves, slightly worm-eaten, unbound.
Layout
21 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq; black with red overlining and headings.
Decoration
Additions:Seal(s):Additionally wrapped in recycled printed India Government Act no. XX of 1845.
Black Government of India Delhi MSS stamp (f.1r, 307v).
History
Origin: India; 28 Shavval 1244 AH (3 March 1829).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 E207/16, ff. 16-19. Revised by Ursula Sims-Williams
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Bibliography
C.A. Storey, §1130, Persian Literature: A Bio-bibliographical Survey Online. Accessed 29 May 2023.Funding of Cataloguing
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