Delhi Persian 1262 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Vālih va Sulṭān by Faqīr Dihlavī

Summary of Contents: A romance composed in 1160/1747 by Mīr Shams al-Dīn ʿAbbāsī Dihlavī (1704-61), also known as Faqīr Dihlavī, as well as Maftūn and Shams al-Dīn Nāẓim, relaying the love story of his friend ʿAlī Qulī Vālih Dāghistānī (1712-56) and his cousin,Khadījah Sulṭān

Author: Mīr Shams al-Dīn Faqīr Dihlavī میر شمس الدّین فقیر دهلوی

Title: Vālih va Sulṭān

Title: واله و سلطان

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: ff. 109.

Dimensions (leaf): 286 × 188 mm.

Dimensions (written): 192 × 105 mm.

Foliation:

Pencil foliation throughout.

Collation

Catchwords on the bottom left of the verso.

Condition

Slightly damaged at both ends. Detached from binding with broken stitching.

Layout

15 lines per page in two columns.

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq; copied in black ink, with headings in red.

Additions:

(f. 1r) Note giving the title of the work.

Binding

Three-quarter 19th century leather binding with marbled boards.

Seal(s):

Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 109r).

Accompanying Material

Wrapper: Discarded EIC printed document headed "A.D. 1819 Regulation IX".

History

Origin: Undated, probably early 19th century; presumably 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. 255-6. Revised by Ali Shapouran.

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