Delhi Persian 1105 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Muntakhab-i Mas̲navī

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Summary of Contents: A selection by an unnamed author of poems from the Mas̲navī-i maʻnavī of Mawlānā. The selection contains 78 sections (bāb), each based on a theme.
Title: Muntakhab-i Mas̲navī
Title: منتخب مثنوی
Incipit: ای خدا ای فضل تو حاجت روا/ با تو یاد هیچکس نبود روا
Explicit: سیف و خط خون گل و ریحان او/ نرگس و نسرین عدو جان او

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.

Language(s): Persian

References

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff. i+121+wrapper
Dimensions (leaf): 216 × 145 mm.
Dimensions (written): 145 × 70 mm.
Foliation:

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.

Additions:

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.

Seal(s):

Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 121r).

Accompanying Material

Wrapper: Government of India regulation.

History

Origin: Undated, probably 18th century.

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

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