Delhi Persian 575 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
On ritual prayer and pious verses
Contents
An unidentified work dealing with the ritual of prayer and pious verses for various occasions throughout the Islamic year
Crossed out title on fly-leaf Akhbār al-akhyār on the fly-leaf.
Lacks beginning and final leaves.
Physical Description
Collation
Catchwords.
Condition
Layout
11 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Good nastaʻliq; black ink with headings in red.
Binding
Bound in flimsy paper with cloth spine.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Former owner named on fly-leaf as Muḥammad Ṣadīq father (vālid) of Shāh Muḥammad Ḥusayn
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 E207/28, f.39r. Revised by Ursula Sims-Williams
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