Delhi Persian 587 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Taz̲kirah-ʼi Naṣrābādī by Muḥammad Ṭāhir Naṣrābādī

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.

Author: Naṣrābādī, Muḥammad Ṭāhir محمد طاهر نصرابادی

Title: Taz̲kirah-ʼi Naṣrābādī

Title: تذکرهٔ نصرابادی

Colophon: Completed on 28 Shavval 1244 (3 March 1829).

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: ff. 307 and wrapper

Dimensions (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:

Additionally wrapped in recycled printed India Government Act no. XX of 1845.

Seal(s):

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

Availability

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Bibliography

C.A. Storey, §1130, Persian Literature: A Bio-bibliographical Survey Online. Accessed 29 May 2023.

Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World