Delhi Persian 584B (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Contents
Taz̤kirat al-awliyāʼ, biographies of sufi saints by Farīd al-Dīn ʻAṭṭār
Physical Description
Persian foliation in red.
Collation
Condition
Poor condition; 18th or 19th century marginal repairs; detached binding.
Layout
15 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink, with headings, Arabic quotations and overlinings in red.
Decoration
Double-ruled red text frame.
Marginal glosses.
Binding
Red leather binding with floriate design embossed paper central medallion, pendants, corners and outer band with gold ruled frame.
Oval seal of former owner (f. 1r): Saʻīd Allāh, with his inscription. 9 × 13 mm. Black Government of India Delhi MSS stamp (ff. 1r, 346v).
History
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 207/9, f. 102r. Revised by Ursula Sims-Williams
Availability
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card for admissions procedures contact British Library, Registering for a Reader Pass. For information on catalogues and ordering manuscripts see Finding and ordering Persian manuscripts in the British Library.
Funding of Cataloguing
BL
Please fill out your details.