Delhi Persian 588 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Bayāz̤ by Bandah ʻAlī Bāsiṭī Niʻmat’Allāhī
Contents
The work is preceded (ff. i verso – v recto) by a thematic index.
The khāṭimah (ff 202v-204r) contains biographical details of the author.
Some marginal additions are in the hand of the compiler (eg. f. 49r).
Note (f. 1r) signed by the author, Bandah ʻAlī Bāsiṭī Niʻmat’Allāhī, dated 14 Jumada I, 1178 (9 Nov. 1764), mentions that this copy of his Bayāz̤ was copied in Lucknow and was presented by him to Sayyid Nūr ʻAlī.
This work appears to be substantially the same as Rylands Persian MS 646 , but different from British Library Delhi Persian 1303 .
Physical Description
India Office stamped foliation.
Collation
Condition
Layout
Written in 1 to 2 columns, with 15 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink, with headings and overlinings in red. Copied by Muḥammad Bāqir ibn Ḥasan ʻAskarī
Some marginal notes.
Plain wrapper with faded inscription “Reject worthless 14 Jan 1903.”
Black Government of India Delhi MSS stamp (f. ir, 1r, 204v).
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Presented by the author to Sayyid Nūr ʻAlī
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 E207/15, ff.260-61. Revised by Ursula Sims-Williams
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