Delhi Persian 1110 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Marj al-baḥrayn va jāmiʻ al-ṭarīqayn by ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq Dihlavī
Contents
Physical Description
India Office stamped foliation. Persian foliation in ink.
Collation
Catchwords.
Condition
Slightly worm-eaten and damp-stained. Without binding and encased in plain wrapper.
Layout
15 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink, with headings and overlinings in red.
Decoration
Margins ruled in blue and red.
Illuminated polychrome heading (f. 1v).
Folio 1r contains inspection notes made in the regnal years 3, 6 and 23 of unspecified rulers. Further notes record transfers from Muḥāfiẓ Khān to Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ on 6 Ṣafar, regnal year 23, and from Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ to Muḥammad Aḥfaẓ Khān on 2 Rabīʻ al-avval(?), regnal year 6. These are most likely to be during the reigns of Muhammad Shah (1719-48) and his successor Ahmad Shah (1749-54) on the basis of similar inscriptions in other manuscripts.
Another note on f. 1r states this copy was purchased from Qāz̤ī Muḥammad Idrīs.
Folio 1r also includes a valuation of 3 rupees.
Two rectangular seals of different sizes, illegible, but both containing the word library (کتابخانه) (f. 1r).
Rectangular black undated seal of Kifāyat Allah Khān (f. 1r).
Black oval seal stamped twice, partially defective, of Kifāyat Allah Khān, dated 1119 or 1129 (1707/8 or 1716/17) (f. 1r).
Black circular seal reading muhr-i kūṭhah Saʻd al-Dīn Khān, dated 1134 AH, regnal year 4. (1722 CE) (f. 1r).
Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 59v).
Accompanying Material
Wrapper: East India Company Regulation dated 1819.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Belonged to an unidentified library (f. 1r).
Was part of the Mughal Library between 1741 and 1753 (inspections and transfer on f. 1r).
Was purchased at an unspecified time by an unnamed person from Qāz̤ī Muḥammad Idrīs (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 A.J. Arberry's description in Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/3, f. 53r and R. Levy's description, Mss Eur E207/13, f. 53r. Revised by Sheida Heydarishovir
Availability
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