Delhi Persian 600B (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Two Persian translations from Arabic

Contents

Summary of Contents: Volume containing a part of the translation of al-Utbi's Tarikh-i Yamani and a chapter of the translation of the Maqamat-i Hariri.
a. ff. 1v-72v
Author: Muḥammad Karāmat ʿAlī ibn Ḥayāt ʿAlī Dihlavī محمد كرامة علي دهلوي
Title: Tarjumah-i Amīnī
Title: ترجمهٔ امینی

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.

Language(s): Persian

References

C.A. Storey, Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/8, ff. 47-50.
C.A. Storey, Persian Literature: A Bio-bibliographical Survey, in Storey Online , vol.I #333.
b. ff. 73v-167v
Title: Sharḥ-i Maqāmāt-i Ḥarīrī
Title: شرح مقامات حریری

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.

Filiation: Another copy at Delhi Persian 453C.
Language(s): Persian

References

R. Levy, Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/29, f. 3.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff. i+167+i
Dimensions (leaf): 260 × 175 mm.
Dimensions (written): 210 × 105 mm.
Foliation:

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.

Additions:

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.

Seal(s):

Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 72v, 73r, 167v).

History

Origin: Undated, 19th 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 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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