Author
ʿĀlī
Subject
Sufi poetry, Persian, Persian poetry--1500-1796
Type
Book
Language
fas,ara
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
182
Physical Dimensions
182 ff. (+6) Dimensions (leaf): 239 × 163 mm.
Library
FIHRIST Library
Library Asset ID
Delhi Persian 1375A
Record ID
32344
Library Location
Oriental Manuscripts, British Library
Notes
Compendious collection or kullīyāt of poetic compositions in varied forms and genres by the physician, historian, litterateur, prose stylist, and poet, Mīrzā Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥakīm Fatḥ al-Dīn Shīrāzī entitled Niʿmat Khān, Muqarrab Khān, and Dānishmand Khān, takhalluṣ ʿĀlī (d. 1121/1710), who worked under the patronage of the Timurid (Mughal) Emperors Shāh Jahān I, ʿĀlamgīr I, and Bahādur Shāh I. Volume not dated; datable to the late seventeenth century. Neat miniscule nastaʿlīq and naskh for Arabic quotations. Occasional corrections and marginal annotations preserved in margins. Original folios cut out and remounted with new borders with red and blue ruled frames, wormholes; folios mostly unbound, cropped. Intermittent foliation in pencil. Later binding of reddish brown leather, damaged; labels. Condition fragile.
Koleksiyon
India Office Library
Biçim
codex