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درىاى لطافت / من تألىف مىر انشاء الله خان.
Daryā-yi laṭāfat / min taʼlīf-i Mīr Inshāʼ Allāh Khān.
1826
Volume 1 of a text on Urdu grammar.
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- Publisher
- 9 Ramaḍān 1241 [April 17, 1826]
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 470L
- Language
- Persian
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Item Summary
Volume 1 of a text on Urdu grammar.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- درىاى لطافت / من تألىف مىر انشاء الله خان.
- Transliterated Title
- Daryā-yi laṭāfat / min taʼlīf-i Mīr Inshāʼ Allāh Khān.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 470L
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcpz50h8628
- Publisher
- 9 Ramaḍān 1241 [April 17, 1826]
- Language
- Persian
- Date Created
- 1826
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 243 leaves : paper ; 239 x 160 (173 x 101) mm
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904, from the books of Amīn ibn Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).
- Source Acquisition
- Gift; Robert Garrett (Class of 1897), 1942.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from colophon on leaf 241b. Note on leaf 1a indicates that this manuscript contains volume 1.
- A few marginal notes. Label on upper cover: "265 KE".
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 243 + i ; catchwords ; pagination in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 15 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; MS in good condition, some staining, mild insect damage, covers detached.
- Origin: According to colophon copy completed 9 Ramaḍān 1241 [April 17, 1826] (leaf 241b).
- Incipit: ثناى بى اندازه داورىرا سزاوار است که زبان آدمى را بلغت هاى گوناگون بنطق آورد و منت خاکى را بقدرت کامله گوىا کرد
- Binding Note
- Type III (without flap) binding in speckled leather. Spine in darker leather. Endbands.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 496
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/093bebfb-0b59-4b4f-a539-2d11e6699f51/manifest