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Inshā-yi Mādhava Rāma. Inshā-yi Dilkushā.; Inshā-yi Mādhū Rām.

Abstract:
Two works on composing letters in Persian. The works were copied at different times and by different scribes and then bound together.
Creator:
Mādhava Rāma.
Date:
1809
Identifier:
9970745763503681; (OCoLC)1061859381; (OCoLC)on1061859381; (PU)7074576-penndb-Voyager
Language:
Persian
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Pushkar Sohoni, given to the University of Pennsylvania in 2016.
Publisher:
[India?], A.H. 1224, 1259 (1809, 1843)
Relation:
Inshā-yi Dilkushā.; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn) http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/mscodex1958.html
Subject:
Persian prose literature.; Persian letters.; Letter writing, Persian.; Manuscripts, Persian -- 19th century.; Manuals (instructional materials); Codices (bound manuscripts)
Resource Type:
Manuscripts
Physical Description:
133 leaves : paper; 253 x 165 (201 x 100; 220 x 120) mm bound to 258 x 170 mm
Personal Name:
Sohoni, Pushkar, former owner.; Barīlvī, Sayyid Nis̲ār ʻAlī Bukhārī.
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Notes:
Layout: 14-20 long lines.; Origin: Likely copied in India; Inshā-yi Mādhū Rām was copied in 1259 (1843) (f. 89r); Inshā-yi Dilkusha was copied in A.H. 1224 (1809) (f. 130r).; Bound with Inshā-yi Dilkusha.; Ms. codex.; Decoration: Rubrications in red.; Script: Written in rapid nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed.; Title from introduction of first work (f.1v) and introduction of second work (f. 91r).; Foliation: First work foliated in Hindu-Arabic numerals in ink, upper left recto; continuous foliation added to second work in pencil, upper left recto. Catchwords every verso, lower left.; Binding: Half covers; brown leather spine and corners with plain laid paper sides over pasteboard. Spine is cracked and missing pieces, fabric spine lining is clearly visible. Plain paper pastedowns.; Persian.
Physical Location:
Ms. Codex 1958