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1 copy of Dīvān-i Malik-i Qummī
Title: Dīvān-i Malik-i Qummī
Title: دیوان ملک قمی
An excellent and finely preserved early copy of the complete poetical works of Malik-i Qummī, d. 1024/1615 or 1025/1616 [ Ethe 1903-1937, no 1499. ]
This copy contains a prose preface
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 383.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 214 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 9.4
Dimensions (written): 2.4
Layout
Hand(s)
Minute calligraphic Persian shikastah-āmīz
Decoration
Additions:
Pink, blue, and white paper
Binding
Oriental red leather binding
History
Origin: 1061 AH
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on A. J. Arberry: Hand-List of Islamic Manuscripts acquired by the India Office Library, 1936–8. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (New Series) (1939), 71: pp 353-396
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