MS. Ouseley Add. 109 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Summary of Contents: A copy of the Persian Dīwān of the poet Nawwāb Maḥabbat Khān, with the takhalluṣ Maḥabbat. The dīwān contains some ghazals and some qiṭʻas, in alphabetical order.
Author: Muḥabbat K̲h̲ān̲, 1750-1808 محبّت خان
Title: Dīvān-i Maḥabbat
Title: ديوان محبّت
Language(s): Persian

References

Ethé 1196

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff. 289

Layout

2 columns of 12 lines per page throughout.

Hand(s)

Script: Large and distinct Nastaʻlīq. Scribe: Muḥabbat K̲h̲ān̲, 1750-1808

Decoration

Binding

History

Origin: ; 25th Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1215 AH; 9th May 1801 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented to Sir Gore Ouseley by Muḥabbat K̲h̲ān̲, Lucknow, 1st October 1801.

The collections of Sir Gore Ouseley, d. 1844

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1858.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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