Delhi Persian 1251 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

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

Summary of Contents: A Persian commentary on Yūsuf va Zulaykhā (also known as Maḥabbat-nāmah) of Nūr al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (1414-92), written by ʻAbd al-Vāsiʻ Hānsavī (d. 1706-07)

Author: ʻAbd al-Vāsiʻ Hānsavī عبد الواسع هانسوی

Title: Sharḥ-i Yūsūf va Zulaykhā

Title: شرح یوسف و زلیخا

Incipit: محبوب‌ترین مقالات شرح قصه ستایش جمال یوسفی است

Explicit: بدون یاء تنکیر باضافت آن بجانب خاموشی

Colophon: (f. 76v) Completed in the middle of Tuesday, 8 Jumada I 1252 AH (23 August 1836) by Prānah/Pirānah? in the qaṣbah of Hisar.

After 10 lines in f.2r, the text is left unwritten, leaving ff.2v, 3r, and 12 lines of 3v blank.

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: ff. iv+77+iii. Folio 77 is blank

Dimensions (leaf): 216 × 161 mm.

Dimensions (written): 166 × 100 mm.

Foliation:

Foliated on every leaf in pencil.

Collation

Catchwords on the bottom-left corners of the verso.

Condition

Worm-eaten. Detached from binding.

Layout

14 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Standard Indian nastaʻlīq tending to shikastah; copied in black ink. Copyist is Prānah/Pirānah?.

Additions:

Note on f. 1r giving the name of the work.

Binding

Nineteenth-century three-quarter leather Indian binding with marbled boards.

Seal(s):

Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 76v).

History

Origin: 8 Jumada I 1252 AH (23 August 1836) ; Hisar, 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. 148-52. Revised by Ali Shapouran.

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