Delhi Persian 1278 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Hasht bihisht by Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī

Summary of Contents: A Persian masnavi by Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī (1251-1325), which forms the fourth work of his Khamsah, inspired by Niẓāmī Ganjavī's Haft Paykar.

Author: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī امیر خسرو دهلوی

Title: Hasht bihisht

Title: هشت بهشت

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: ff. i+103+i.

Dimensions (leaf): 216 × 122 mm.

Dimensions (written): 165 × 70 mm.

Foliation:

Foliated throughout in pencil.

Collation

Catchwords on the bottom left of the verso.

Condition

Worm-eaten. Detached from binding with broken stitching.

Layout

17 lines per page in two columns.

Hand(s)

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

Binding

Three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards dating from the beginning of the 19th century.

Seal(s):

Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 103v).

History

Origin: Undated, 18th or 19th century; probably 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. 96-7. Revised by Ali Shapouran.

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