Delhi Persian 600B (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Two Persian translations from Arabic
Contents
A fragment of a Persian translation of al-ʻUtbī's Yamīnī, a history of Amīr Subuktigīn and Sulṭān Maḥmūd of Ghazni to AH 411/1020–1. It has been possibly identified with the Tarjumah-i Amīnī, a literal translation by Muḥammad Karāmat ʿAlī ibn Ḥayāt ʿAlī Dihlavī, judge of the Faujdārī ʿAdālat at Haydarabad, who dedicated it to Mahārājah Chandū Lāl (1766-1845).
Neither author nor title is mentioned in the text.
Incomplete at end.
References
A translation and commentary by an unnamed translator of the first 7 Maqāmāt by Ḥarīrī.
Neither author nor title is mentioned in the text.
Incomplete at end.
References
Physical Description
Every fifth leaf foliated in pencil.
Collation
Catchwords.
Condition
Detatched binding.
Layout
19-23 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq in two hands; copied in black ink, with headings, and overlinings in red.
Flyleaf contains contents note in Persian, presumably added at time of binding: This collection (majmūʻah) contains a part of the translation of Tarikh-i Yamani and a chapter of the translation of the Maqamat-i Hariri.
Binding
Three-quarter leather binding wth marbled boards. Paper pastedowns.
Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 72v, 73r, 167v).
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, ff. 47-50; and R. Levy's description in Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/29, f. 3.
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