Delhi Persian 1105 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Muntakhab-i Mas̲navī
Contents
Title is supplied.
The title is recorded on the fly-leaf as Muntakhab-i Mas̲navī-i Mawlānā Rūmi.
A partial table of contents listing sections 18-78 is given on ff. 1r-2r. These do not always correspond exactly with the actual contents.
References
Physical Description
India Office stamped foliation.
Additional foliation in sīyāq notation.
Collation
Catchwords.
Condition
Damp stained and slightly worm-eaten. Loose leaves. No binding, encased in a half-torn wrapper.
Layout
The number of lines varies, on average 15 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq, copied in black ink. Headings in red.
Interlinear and marginal glosses.
f. 2r: verses added.
f. 121r: two rubāʻī and a verse added.
f. 121v: the whole page is covered with ingredients and recipes.
Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 121r).
Accompanying Material
Wrapper: Government of India regulation.
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 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. 48r. Revised by Sheida Heydarishovir
Availability
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