Delhi Persian 579B (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Būstān-i khayāl by Mīr Muḥammad Taqī Khayāl

Summary of Contents: The first (ff. 1-156) and second (ff. 158-363) Gulzārof the second Gulshanof the second Bahār, or first Gulistān, forming the the sixth and seventh volumes of Mīr Muḥammad Taqī Khayāl's Būstān-i Khāyāl (Garden of Imagination), a blend of historical and ficticious tales composed in fifteen volumes in India between 1742 and 1756.

Author: Khayāl, Mīr Muḥammad Taqī, 18th cent. مير محمد تقي الجعفري الحسيني الأحمدآبادي Khayāl خيال

Title: Būstān-i Khayāl

Title: بوستان خیال

A note on f. 1r describes this volume as the second 'jild'.

Incomplete, with text ending halfway down f. 363v.

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: ff. 363

Dimensions (leaf): 279 × 152 mm.

Foliation:

India Office stamped foliation.

Collation

Catchwords.

Condition

Fragile condition with loose leaves. Detached binding.

Layout

19 lines per page, ruled margins.

Hand(s)

Nīm-shikastah; black with red overlining and headings; copied in the same hand as Delhi Persian 579A.

Decoration

Illuminated heading on f. 1v.

Additions:

Additionally wrapped in printed sheet of official Government of India document.

Binding

Original detached leather board with central embossed paper medallion, pendants (two above and two below), corners and gilt double ruled outer frame.

Seal(s):

History

Origin: 18th or 19th century century CE ; India

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Based on C.A. Storey's unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. MSS Eur E207/28, ff.40-41.

Availability

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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World