(Q55564)
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Manuscripts, Persian--India--Mandi (District)--18th century
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Manuscripts, Persian--India--19th century
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Manuscripts, Persian--New Jersey--Princeton
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1755-1804
18. century
19. century
1755
1804
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Extent: 178 leaves : paper ; 240 x 126 (182-190 x 71-92) mm bound to 247 x 135 mm
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Ms. composite codex.
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Collective title from text 1.
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Physical description: Texts 1, 3 are 15 lines per page; written in shikastah in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper; rubrication and catchwords. Text 2 is 12-14 lines per page; written in poor nastaʻliq in black on unglazed, laid Arabic paper; catchwords. At least one leaf missing at the beginning of text 1, and leaves 1-11 are heavily patched, resulting in significant loss of text. Some insect...
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Origin: Text 1 dated 16 Rabīʻ II 1168 H [30 January 1755] in Dihvī [i.e. Dehvi, a village in the Mandi district of India], by Malik Mīrān ibn Malik Khudābakhsh bin Malik Mubārak ibn Malik Khān Muḥammad ibn Malik Maḥmūd (leaf 149a). Text 2 dated 28 Shaʻbān 1219 H [2 December 1804] (leaf 166a). Text 3 dated 3 or 4 Rabīʻ II 1168 H [17 or 18 January 1755], by the same scribe as text 1 (leaf 177b).
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Acquired from Widgery, Cambridge, 1925.
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11 November 2024
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11 November 2024
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