Inshā-i Harkarn, [late 17th or early 18th century?].
(انشا هركرن, [پایان قرن 17م یا آغاز قرن 18م؟].)

Name: Inshā-i Harkarn, [late 17th or early 18th century?].
Author: Harikaṇa, Multānı̄.

İsim	Inshā-i Harkarn, [late 17th or early 18th century?].
İsim Orijinal	انشا هركرن, [پایان قرن 17م یا آغاز قرن 18م؟].
Yazar	Harikaṇa, Multānı̄.
Basım Tarihi:	[1650-1750]
Konu	Manuscripts, Persian, Manuscripts, Persian / Michigan, Manuscripts, Persian / Michigan / Ann Arbor., Letter writing, Persian, Letter writing, Persian / India, Letter writing, Persian / India / Early works to 1800., Diplomatics, Persian, Diplomatics, Persian / India, Diplomatics, Persian / India / Early works to 1800., Formularies (Diplomatics), Formularies (Diplomatics) / Early works to 1800., India, India / History, India / History / 1526-1765, India / History / 1526-1765 / Sources., India, India / Kings and rulers, India / Kings and rulers / Correspondence.
Tür	Kitap
Dil	Farsça
Dijital	Hayır
Yazma	Bilinmiyor
Sayfa Sayısı	91
Fiziksel Boyutlar	91 leaves : paper ; 198 x 108 (155 x 60) mm. bound to 205 x 120 mm
Kütüphane:	HathiTrust Dijital Kütüphanesi
Kayıt Numarası	006836759
Lokasyon	University of Michigan
Notlar	About: Elegant copy of the collection of model letters of appointment and other official documents compiled (certainly after 1625, possibly after 1645) by Harkarn [Harkaran] ibn Mathurādās of Multān, secretary (munshī) of Iʻtibār Khān (d.1625). Contribution to the cataloguing from Hossein Mottaghi. \| Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 870 Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. suggest mid to late 16th or early 18th century dating ; dated ownership statement (see p.15, 184, etc.) provides terminus ante quem of 1750. Accompanying materials: a. Slip with description (in hand of E. Husselman ?) "Hari-Karana, son of Mathurā-dāsa, Multānī. \| Inshā. \| Cat. of Pers. Bks. in BM Cat. several editions \| n. f. in Mich. MSS." and (in hand of G. Meredith-Owens ?) "A work on epistolary style." -- b. Slip with note "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- c. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) Husselman notes" Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 19 Binding: Boards covered in shell 'marbled' paper (mainly in pink, blue and yellow) with orange-brown leather over spine and board corners (approaching half-binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in grey paper ; spine gold-stamped with "HER \| KERN" and decorative bands ; edges of text block flecked with red ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands ; overall in somewhat poor condition with much abrasion, deterioration of leather, lifting and losses of spine leather, etc. Support: European and non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper ; opening gathering in a paper with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct, curving) and no laid lines clearly visible, cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, burnished, grayish tint ; thereafter (from p.31) in a European laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical), chain lines spaced 24 mm. apart (vertical or horizontal), and watermarks of three crescents (roughly 72 mm. long, parallel to chains, see p.40, 78, 112, etc.) and mount of six coupeaux with star above (see p.102, 126, 154, etc.), sturdy, medium cream in color, well-burnished. Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated (text to be entered in red entered in inner margins) ; overlining in red ; occasional textual dividers in the form of red hāʼ. Script: Shikastah-taʻlīq (taʻlīq with elements of shikastah) ; bold, elegant Indian [?] chancery hand in a heavy line ; partially seriffed with left-sloping head-serifs and highly ligatured with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, occasional reversed or recurved final descenders, etc. Layout: Written in roughly 10 lines per page ; frame-ruled. Collation: ii, 6 (6), IV (14), 11 III(80), III-1 (85), 6 (91), ii ; almost exclusively ternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black strokes, lower outer corner of right-hand leaf, upper outer corner of left-hand leaf ; some added leaves (six each at the opening and close of the codex) bound in upside down ; catchwords present ; pagination initially in black ink, continued in pencil, Western numerals (every other leaf) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inner flyleaves and added leaves). Incipit: "بعد از حمد وثنای مر حضرت ایزد متعال ذو الحلال والافضال ..." Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.15). Ms. codex. Possible inventory marks on verso of front flyleaf in black ink "D F. 237 [?]" and in red ink "Lot 127" ; numerous notes and excerpts at opening and close of codex, a few in Devanagari / Hindi script, including ownership statement in brown ink in name of Robert Sumption dated 1750 / 1163 (see p.15) ; another ownership statement in name of Robert Sumption dated 1750 appears in brown ink on back flyleaf (p.184) "Seind, [Sindh ?] 1750 \| انشا هركرن مال صاحب رابرت سامسين \| Robert Sumption his book of Herkerons [?] Letters or Precedents of writings & addresses" ; occasional glosses and marginal corrections.

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Inshā-i Harkarn, [late 17th or early 18th century?].

(انشا هركرن, [پایان قرن 17م یا آغاز قرن 18م؟].)

Yazar Harikaṇa, Multānı̄.

Basım Tarihi [1650-1750]

Konu Manuscripts, Persian, Manuscripts, Persian / Michigan, Manuscripts, Persian / Michigan / Ann Arbor., Letter writing, Persian, Letter writing, Persian / India, Letter writing, Persian / India / Early works to 1800., Diplomatics, Persian, Diplomatics, Persian / India, Diplomatics, Persian / India / Early works to 1800., Formularies (Diplomatics), Formularies (Diplomatics) / Early works to 1800., India, India / History, India / History / 1526-1765, India / History / 1526-1765 / Sources., India, India / Kings and rulers, India / Kings and rulers / Correspondence.

Tür Kitap

Dil Farsça

Dijital Hayır

Yazma Bilinmiyor

Sayfa Sayısı 91

Fiziksel Boyutlar 91 leaves : paper ; 198 x 108 (155 x 60) mm. bound to 205 x 120 mm

Kütüphane HathiTrust Dijital Kütüphanesi

Kayıt Numarası 006836759

Lokasyon University of Michigan

Notlar About: Elegant copy of the collection of model letters of appointment and other official documents compiled (certainly after 1625, possibly after 1645) by Harkarn [Harkaran] ibn Mathurādās of Multān, secretary (munshī) of Iʻtibār Khān (d.1625). Contribution to the cataloguing from Hossein Mottaghi. | Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 870 Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. suggest mid to late 16th or early 18th century dating ; dated ownership statement (see p.15, 184, etc.) provides terminus ante quem of 1750. Accompanying materials: a. Slip with description (in hand of E. Husselman ?) "Hari-Karana, son of Mathurā-dāsa, Multānī. | Inshā. | Cat. of Pers. Bks. in BM Cat. several editions | n. f. in Mich. MSS." and (in hand of G. Meredith-Owens ?) "A work on epistolary style." -- b. Slip with note "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- c. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) Husselman notes" Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 19 Binding: Boards covered in shell 'marbled' paper (mainly in pink, blue and yellow) with orange-brown leather over spine and board corners (approaching half-binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in grey paper ; spine gold-stamped with "HER | KERN" and decorative bands ; edges of text block flecked with red ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands ; overall in somewhat poor condition with much abrasion, deterioration of leather, lifting and losses of spine leather, etc. Support: European and non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper ; opening gathering in a paper with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct, curving) and no laid lines clearly visible, cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, burnished, grayish tint ; thereafter (from p.31) in a European laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical), chain lines spaced 24 mm. apart (vertical or horizontal), and watermarks of three crescents (roughly 72 mm. long, parallel to chains, see p.40, 78, 112, etc.) and mount of six coupeaux with star above (see p.102, 126, 154, etc.), sturdy, medium cream in color, well-burnished. Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated (text to be entered in red entered in inner margins) ; overlining in red ; occasional textual dividers in the form of red hāʼ. Script: Shikastah-taʻlīq (taʻlīq with elements of shikastah) ; bold, elegant Indian [?] chancery hand in a heavy line ; partially seriffed with left-sloping head-serifs and highly ligatured with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, occasional reversed or recurved final descenders, etc. Layout: Written in roughly 10 lines per page ; frame-ruled. Collation: ii, 6 (6), IV (14), 11 III(80), III-1 (85), 6 (91), ii ; almost exclusively ternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black strokes, lower outer corner of right-hand leaf, upper outer corner of left-hand leaf ; some added leaves (six each at the opening and close of the codex) bound in upside down ; catchwords present ; pagination initially in black ink, continued in pencil, Western numerals (every other leaf) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inner flyleaves and added leaves). Incipit: "بعد از حمد وثنای مر حضرت ایزد متعال ذو الحلال والافضال ..." Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.15). Ms. codex. Possible inventory marks on verso of front flyleaf in black ink "D F. 237 [?]" and in red ink "Lot 127" ; numerous notes and excerpts at opening and close of codex, a few in Devanagari / Hindi script, including ownership statement in brown ink in name of Robert Sumption dated 1750 / 1163 (see p.15) ; another ownership statement in name of Robert Sumption dated 1750 appears in brown ink on back flyleaf (p.184) "Seind, [Sindh ?] 1750 | انشا هركرن مال صاحب رابرت سامسين | Robert Sumption his book of Herkerons [?] Letters or Precedents of writings & addresses" ; occasional glosses and marginal corrections.