Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

IO Islamic 4511 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

Pashto/Pakhto language explained in Persian, Ghunchah-ye Roh

Contents

1 copy of Ghunchah-'i rūh by Nūr Muḥammad Afghān

Grammar and description of the Pashtu language in Persian by Nur Muhammad Afghan residing in Qandahar, consisting of a muqaddimah, two maqṣad, and khātimah

Patronised by Amīr al-Muʾminīn Amīr Shīr ʿAlī Khān ibn Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzaʾī (d. 1879), the work was begun 15 Muḥarram 1280 and completed 25 Ṣafar in the same year. The title is the chronogram for the date of completion

Not dated

Torn and fragile; lacking original covers

Language(s): Persian & Pashtu

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 166 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 198 × 132 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 19th century CE ; Afghanistan

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