MS. S. Digby Or. 41 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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1 copy of Dīvān-i Barhaman

Author: Chandarbhan Barhaman, d. 1068/1657-8 or 1073/1662-3 چندربهان برهمن
Title: Dīvān-i Barhaman
Title: دیوان برهمن
Incipit: ابری ترا ز تصور وهم گمان ما ای در میان ما و برون از میان ما
Language(s): Persian

References

Kinra, R. 2015. Writing Self, Writing Empire: Chandar Bhan Brahman and the Cultural World of the Indo-Persian State Secretary. California: University of California Press.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff. 57
Dimensions (leaf): 205 × 135 cm.
Dimensions (written):

Layout

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq - Shikastah-āmīz

Binding

Crude half leather.

History

Origin: ʻĀdalapūr; 19th Shaʻbān 1100 AH; 27th May 1689 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

A. H. Harley.

The collections of Mr. Simon Digby.

Donated to the Bodleian Libraries by the Trustees of the Simon Digby Memorial Charity, April 2015.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on handlist of Simon Digby with additional enhancements by the Fihrist team.

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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