Delhi Persian 1109 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Muraqqaʻ
Contents
Physical Description
India Office stamped foliation. Persian foliation.
Collation
Catchwords.
Condition
Slightly worm-eaten and damp-stained. Detached binding.
Layout
13 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Handwriting inconsistent throughout the work, alternating between naskh, nastaʻlīq and taʻlīq. Copied in black ink. Headings and Arabic quotations overlined in red.
Decoration
A few magical (ṭilism) charts and diagrams (ff. 40v, 47v, 49r).
Corrections in the margin.
The name of a former owner, Muḥammad ʻAṭāʼ Allāh, is inscribed on f. 1r.
Binding
Marbled 3/4 leather binding.
Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 78v).
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Owned by Muḥammad ʻAṭā Allāh (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. 52r. Revised bySheida Heydarishovir
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
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