MS. Ouseley Add. 109 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Ouseley Add. Collection
Contents
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.
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
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