Delhi Persian 1112 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Muballigh al-rijāl by Khvājah Kalān ibn Muḥammad al-Bāqī
Contents
Physical Description
Persian and India Office stamped foliation.
Collation
Catchwords.
Condition
Worm-eaten, remargined, rebound and guarded by India Office.
Layout
10 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink, with headings and overlinings in red.
Some corrections and summaries in the margins.
Binding
Red 1/4 leather India Office binding dating from around 1960.
Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 118v).
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 A.J. Arberry's description in Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/3, f. 67r and R. Levy's description in Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/13, f. 54r. Revised bySheida Heydarishovir
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
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