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Sharḥ-i Yūsūf va Zulaykhā by ʻAbd al-Vāsiʻ Hānsavī

Contents

Summary of Contents: A Persian commentary of Yūsuf va Zulaykhā (also known as Maḥabbat-nāmah) of Nūr al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (1414-92), by ʻAbd al-Vāsiʻ Hānsavī. Lacks a few final folios at the end
Author: ʻAbd al-Vāsiʻ Hānsavī عبد الواسع هانسوی
Title: Sharḥ-i Yūsūf va Zulaykhā | ʻAbd al-Vāsiʻ Hānsavī
Title: Sharḥ-i Yūsūf va Zulaykhā
Title: شرح یوسف و زلیخا
Incipit: محبوب‌ترین مقالات شرح قصه ستایش جمال یوسفی است
Explicit: انامل صفا باعتبار متعلق قلم آن

There are leaves missing after ff. 1, 37 and at the end.

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff. i+78+iii.
Dimensions (leaf): 225 × 142 mm.
Dimensions (written): 165 × 88 mm.
Foliation:

Foliated on every fifth leaf and once again on all leaves, both in pencil.

Collation

Catchwords on the bottom-left corners of the verso.

Condition

Fragile paper. Worm-eaten and slightly worn-out. Unbound with broken stiching.

Layout

17 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Indian nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink, with headings and underlinings in red.

Additions:

Flyleaf i recto, notes the title as kitāb-i Sharḥ-i Zulaykhā.

F.1r, notes the title as Sharḥ-i Yūsūf Zulaykhā.

F.1r, notes a talisman with quranic chapters, each of which should be recited 70 times to be immune against all illnesses.

Several notes on endleaves, quoting poetry, mentioning meanings of some words, and practicing calligraphy.

Iarginalia.

Seal(s):

Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 78v).

Accompanying Material

Wrapper is a loose sheet from an EIC printed document headed: 'A.D. 1819. Regulation III'.

History

Origin: Undated, probably 18th century; India.

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859.

Acquired by the India Office Library as an administrative deposit in 1876.

Record Sources

Based on C.A. Storey's description in Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III, Mss Eur E207/15, ff. 153-54. Revised by Ali Shapouran.

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