Delhi Persian 1103 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Taṣḥīḥ-i mas̲navī
Contents
A partially illegible note on f. 1r records the title as Laṭāʼif-i mas̲navī-i sharīf by Muḥibb Allāh Ilāh....
The title, Taṣḥīḥ-i mas̲navī is a chronogram indicating the year 1122 AH (1710/11).
Physical Description
India Office stamped foliation.
Collation
Catchwords.
Condition
Slightly worm-eaten. Loose leaves. Without binding and encased in a wrapper.
Layout
17 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq, with a few shikasta elements. Copied in black ink. Overlinings and beginnings of the quotes in red.
ٔFolio 1r contains a note listing ingredients, a recipe and a poem mentioning different places, such as Hindustān and Khurāsān.
Folio 79r contains jottings and a note stating that the true owner of this book is Allah.
Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 79v ).
Accompanying Material
Wrapper: East India Company regulation dated 1819.
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 E207/113, f. 42r. Revised by Sheida Heydarishovir
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