Collection of the author's letters written while he was a student in Kanauj; organized into four faṣl. This collection was once widely used in schools and has been printed numerous times.
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from colophon on fol. 67a.
On front inner cover: "1580 Inshāe Khalīfa" in Western script.
On fol. 1a: "Inshāʾ-i Khalīfah Shāh Muḥammad" in Arabic script.
Physical description: 13 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on salmon glazed, laid Arabic paper. Fol. 1-2, 68 are replacements of white paper; text on fol. 1b-2b written in shikastah by a different hand. Rubrication and catchwords. Fol. 63-67 detached. Marginal damp staining.
Origin: Copy completed 17 Dhū al-Qaʻdah, year 2 of the reign of Shāh Bādshāh Ghazī (fol. 67a).
Incipit: ستاىش و نىاىش مر احدىرا که کاتب فصاحت بىان
Binding note
European style half brown leather with marbled paper covers.
Language note
Persian.
References
Rieu, C. Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts, I, 414
Storey, C. A. Persian literature, III, 313
Other title(s)
انشاء خلىفه
Alternate title on fol. 67a
Inshāʾ-i Khalīfah
OCLC
731035371
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