ms. 44593 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)
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Contents
Summary of Contents: 4 works by Naʻmat K̲h̲ān-i-ʻĀlī, -approximately 1710 on the subjects of Persian literature, Mogul Empire, and India
1.
Title: Ḥusn va ʻishq
Title: حسن وعشق
Manuscript is dated A.H. 1108 which is in the lifetime of the author who died in A.H. 1121.
Incipit: حديث عشق شد زيب بيانم چو شمع افتاد آتش بر زبانم
Language(s): Persian
2.
Title: Risālah-i hajv-i ḥukamā
Title: رساله هجو حکما
A satire in prose on physicians.
Language(s): Persian
4.
Title: Vaqāyiʼ-i Niʻmat Khān
Title: وقايع نعمت خان
Title: وقايع قلعه حیدراباد
A journal of the seige of Ḥaydarābād by Aurangzeb, 1618-1707 in AH 1097
Incipit: دميكه مدرس كشاف صبح بر صفحه صدق
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
1-18b f. 19-23a f. 23b-27b f. 28a-99b f.
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Layout
Hand(s)
Shikastah script except for nasta'liq at beginning.
History
Origin: 1108 AH; 1696 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Gregorian.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
Subjects
- Persian literature--1500-1796
- Mogul Empire
- India--History--1526-1765
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