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Manuscript/Mixed Material Inshaʼ-i Kamāl al-Dīn انشا كمال الدين / Inshai Kemal Oddin / Insha Kamal-o-Deen / Insha Kumalo Deen

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Title

  • Inshaʼ-i Kamāl al-Dīn

Other Title

  • انشا كمال الدين
  • Inshai Kemal Oddin
  • Insha Kamal-o-Deen
  • Insha Kumalo Deen

Summary

  • Treatise on the forms of letters on various subjects in all styles.

Names

  • Kamāl al-Dīn, author

Created / Published

  • [18th century?]

Headings

  • -  Letter writing, Persian--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  India

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Persian.
  • -  Title from fol. 1a in a different hand.
  • -  Copied by Muhammad Fāḍil.
  • -  Probably written in India.
  • -  Paper; heavy cream-color laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; black ink; catchwords on rectos.
  • -  Nastaʻliq; 15 lines in written area 21 x 10 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-172b.
  • -  Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M42.
  • -  Late 18th century half-leather binding with dark green marbled boards.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: كاتب الحروف احقر الناس محمد فاضل ساكن سركارهمت.

Medium

  • 172 leaves (15 lines), paper : bound ; 26.5 x 16.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PK6349 .K36 1700z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016397152

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Persian Language Manuscript Project are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Persian Manuscript Collection

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Chicago citation style:

Kamāl Al-Dīn, Author. Inshaʼ-i Kamāl al-Dīn. [18th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016397152/.

APA citation style:

Kamāl Al-Dīn, A. Inshaʼ-i Kamāl al-Dīn. [18th Century?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016397152/.

MLA citation style:

Kamāl Al-Dīn, Author. Inshaʼ-i Kamāl al-Dīn. [18th Century?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2016397152/>.