Author
Sayyid Ghaz̤anfar Ḥusayn Bilgrāmī
Subject
Sufi poetry, Persian, Persian poetry--1500-1796
Type
Book
Language
fas,ara
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
130
Physical Dimensions
130 ff. Dimensions (leaf): 260 × 136 mm.
Library
FIHRIST Library
Library Asset ID
Delhi Persian 1371
Record ID
32340
Library Location
Oriental Manuscripts, British Library
Notes
Collection of poetic compositions in varied forms and genres by the poet, Sayyid Ghaz̤anfar Ḥusayn Bilgrāmī (?) takhalluṣ Ghaz̤anfar (fl. circa 1132/1720). Volume not dated; items c and d dated (ranging 1217-1218/1802-4). Scribal nastaʿlīq frequently declining into a rougher hand, by multiple hands. Extensive annotations and corrections in margins by multiple later hands. Intermittent foliation in pencil. Lacking original binding. Paper dust wrapper (EIC legal publication on Regulation XVII for September 1817, […] Banglah era, 21 Bhadon [1224] faṣlī era, […] Assin (Ashvin) 1224 Vilāyatī era, 6 [Assin 1874] samvat era, 4 Z̲ī al-Qaʿdah 123[2] hijrī era); partial watermarks (J What[man], 1814); labels, torn and stained. Folios unbound, occasionally disordered with lacunae; cropped, stains, smudging, wormholes, later repairs. Condition fragile.
Koleksiyon
India Office Library
Biçim
codex
