Author
ʿĀlī
Subject
Persian letters, Persian poetry--1500-1796, Golconda (India)--History
Type
Book
Language
fas,ara
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
226
Physical Dimensions
226 ff. Dimensions (leaf): 222 × 165 mm.
Library
FIHRIST Library
Library Asset ID
Delhi Persian 1375C
Record ID
32583
Library Location
Oriental Manuscripts, British Library
Notes
Compendious collection or kullīyāt of prose and 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; item b dated 8 Ramaz̤ān 1222/9 November 1807. Nastaʿlīq and shikastah āmīz. Metrical and prosodic annotations in margins by a bold hand. Persian foliation, intermittent foliation in pencil. Lacking original binding. Paper dust wrapper (BEIC legal publication on Act XXVI: J. C. Sherriff, Bengal Military Orphan Press, Calcutta, 1850); partial watermarks (T H Saunders & Co, 1849); creased, torn and stained. Folios mostly unbound; severely damaged at beginning; water stains; severe wormhole damage, cropped, stains. Condition fragile.
Koleksiyon
India Office Library
Biçim
codex
