Divan, [17--]

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Title: Divan, [17--]
Creator: Shawkat, Muhammad Ishaq, d. 1595, creator
Published / Created: [17--?]
Description: Collected poems; part 2, containing qasidahs and ghazals.
Ethe, H. India Office,
Good modern (18th century) naskhi; unwans in gold and colors.
Islamic binding, in red.
Purchased from the Wellcome-Kraus collection in 1949.
Teaching resource: Kishwar Rizvi, History of Art
The date on the final leaf, A.H. 1093, is that of the collection of the Divan.
The India Office copy lacks the beginning of the qasidahs; for the correct incipit, see Bankipore, Catalogue, III, p. 167.
Extent: 27.5 x 16.5 cm.
Language: Persian

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