Delhi Persian 573 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Aḥsan al-kibār fī maʻrifat al-aʼimmat al-aṭhār by Muḥammad ibn Abī Zayd ibn ʿArabshāh ʿAlavī Varāmīnī
Contents
A list of the 78 chapters of the complete work follows the preface (ff. 4v-11v).
Physical Description
India Office stamped foliation.
Collation
Catchwords.
Condition
Unbound, loose folios; worm-eaten, margins repaired in places.
Layout
14 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Small and mostly neat nastaʻliq; black ink with headings in red.
Some marginal notes.
Encased in wrapper made from discarded India Office official document.
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 E207/8, f.9r. Revised by Ursula Sims-Williams
Availability
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