Or 11917 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Dīvān by Muḥsin

Author: Muḥsin محسن

Title: Dīvān

Title: دیوان

It is attributed on the binding to to Muḥsin-i Fayz̤ī محسن فیضی but the poet bears the takhalluṣ of Muḥsin throughout. This Dīvān differs from that by a poet of the same takhalluṣ in Or. 6979

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 64.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 307 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 19 × 11.5 cm.

History

Origin: 1232 AH

Provenance and Acquisition

Bequeathed to the British Museum by P.C. Manuk and Miss G.M. Coles, through the National Art Collections Fund,July 1949. Transferred to the British Library in 1973.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.

Availability

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