Delhi Persian 1089 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Favātiḥ by Ḥusayn ibn Muʻīn al-Dīn Maybudī
Contents
Folio 1 contains a list of contents.
Folios 1r and 114v contain added verses.
A note by the author at the end (f. 114v) states his intention now that the Favātiḥ is completed, to begin his commentary and explanations of an unspecified poem.
Physical Description
India Office stamped foliation. Persian foliation in black ink on the top left recto which, however, does not match the India Office stamped one from f. 71 which is numbered 78 in Persian suggesting some folios may be missing.
Collation
Catchwords.
Condition
Extremely worm-eaten and damp-stained, especially towards the end. Binding detached and volume additionally encased in a wrapper. Loose leaves.
Layout
17 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink, with headings, overlinings and verse markings in red.
Decoration
Folio 86 includes a circular diagram showing the ordinal directions in red ink.
Spaces have been left empty for diagrams to be added later on ff. 40r-41r.
Some corrections, additions and extra verses have been added in the margins.
A table of contents on f. 1r lists the 7 fātiḥas and their folio numbers.
An undated note on f. 1r mentions that Farīd al-Dīn ʻAbd Allāh borrowed this book.
Binding
Three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards dating from the 19th century.
Folio 1 contains an illegible oval and rectangular seal, deliberately erased.
Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 114v).
Accompanying Material
Wrapper: East India Company Acquittance Roll dated 26 March 1832. Watermarked J. Whatman Balston & Co., 1828
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Possibly belonged to Farīd al-Dīn ʻAbd Allah (f. 1r).
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 in1876
Record Sources
Based on R. Levy's description in Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/13, f. 4r. Revised by Sheida Heydarishovir
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