Delhi Persian 579A (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Būstān-i khayāl by Mīr Muḥammad Taqī Khayāl

Summary of Contents: The first Gulshanof the second Bahār, or first Gulistān, forming the fourth and fifth volumes of Mīr Muḥammad Taqī Khayāl's Būstān-i Khāyāl(Garden of Imagination), a romance blending history and fantasy 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

Lacks ending.

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: ff. 260

Dimensions (leaf): 279 × 152 mm.

Foliation:

India Office stamped foliation.

Collation

Catchwords.

Condition

Without binding. Fragile condition with loose leaves.

Layout

19 lines per page, ruled margins.

Hand(s)

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

Additions:

Wrapped in printed sheet from official Government of India document.

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.

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