(Q13758)
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Āzād Bilgrāmī, Ghulām ʻAlī ibn Nūḥ, 1704-1786
آزاد بلگرامي، غلام علي بن نوح، 1704-1786
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Manuscripts, Arabic--New Jersey--Princeton
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not before 1781
18. century
19. century
1781
1900
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Extent: 136, (1) leaves : paper ; 243 x 147 (200 x 105) mm. bound to 245 x 155 mm.
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Collation: Paper ; fol. (1) + 136 + (1) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
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Description: Rubricated ; MS in good condition.
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In the introduction the author explains this special type of poetry and states that putting stories and events into verse is very natural to the Persian tongue and is called Mathnawi, but that it is natural neither to the Arabic nor the Indian tongues. The book is divided into seven divisions, each called a daftar. On folio 131 and the five following folios are a short biography of the author...
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Layout: 19 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red with separation between hemistitches.
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Ms. codex.
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Title from label on case.
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Autograph of an owner, Muḥammad Shawqī Afandī, and his seal impression (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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8 November 2023
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8 November 2023
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