Bagh-wa-Bahar: folk tales of the four dervishes, by Mir Amman

Bagh-wa-Bahar

Garden and Spring or folk tales of the four dervishes, by Mir Amman. Illuminated, with 'unwan in gold, margins in gold and ornamented throughout. Original written under the superintendance of Dr GB Gilchrist who was originally from Edinburgh, at the Fort William College, Calcutta, a language training centre for British colonial officials, completed in AH1217/AD1802-3. Copied by Shaikh Kallan and Abdur-Rahim, by order of Nawali Haidar 'Ali, Khan of Rampur. Dated AH1304/AD1886-7. Written in Nasta 'liq.

Foliated as mss.Urdu 2, 23 October 1970.

Mir Amman was an Indian writer, born in Delhi who worked for the Fort William College in Calcutta, writing graceful Urdu prose. His Bagh-wa-Bahar was extensively used as a text-book for those learning Urdu, especially those coming out to India to join the British colonial administration, and contributed to the development of a more simple, natural style in Urdu literature.

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