Inshā-yi Mādhava Rāma. Inshā-yi Dilkushā.
انشاى مادهو‌ رام. انشاى دلکشا.

Format:

• Book
• Manuscript

Author/Creator:

• Mādhava Rāma.

Contributor:

• Barīlvī, Sayyid Nis̲ār ʻAlī Bukhārī.
• Sohoni, Pushkar, former owner.
• بریلوى، سيد نثار على بخارى.

Standardized Title:

• Inshā-yi Mādhava Rāma.

Language:

Persian

Subjects (All):

• Letter writing, Persian.
• Persian prose literature.
• Persian letters.

Genre:

• codices (bound manuscripts)
• manuals (instructional materials)

Penn Provenance:

• Formerly owned by Pushkar Sohoni, given to the University of Pennsylvania in 2016.

Physical Description:

133 leaves : paper ; 253 x 165 (201 x 100; 220 x 120) mm bound to 258 x 170 mm

Other Title:

• Inshā-yi Mādhū Rām.
• انشاى مادهو‌ رام.
• انشاى دلکشا.

Place of Publication:

[India?], A.H. 1224, 1259 (1809, 1843)

Language Note:

Persian.

Summary:

Two works on composing letters in Persian. The works were copied at different times and by different scribes and then bound together.

Contents:

• 1. f. 1v-89r: Inshā-yi Mādhū Rām / Mādhū Rām
• 2. f. 91r-130r: Inshā-yi Dilkusha / Sayyid Nis̲ār ʻAlī Bukhārī Barīlvī.

Notes:

• Ms. codex.
• 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.
• Layout: 14-20 long lines.
• Script: Written in rapid nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed.
• Decoration: Rubrications in red.
• 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.
• 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.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1958.

Contains:

• Inshā-yi Dilkushā.
• انشاى دلکشا.

OCLC:

1061859381