Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

ms. 44593 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)

Special Collections

Contents

Summary of Contents: 4 works by Naʻmat K̲h̲ān-i-ʻĀlī, -approximately 1710 on the subjects of Persian literature, Mogul Empire, and India
1.

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
1-18b f. 19-23a f. 23b-27b f. 28a-99b f.
Dimensions (leaf):
Dimensions (written):

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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