Title: Treatise on the Rules and Meters of Poetry

Description

• Risalat-i‘Urūḍ va Qafiyah (Treatise on the rules and meters of poetry) is about rules and conventions to be followed in writing good poetry. The manuscript, copied in Kashmir, India, in 1677 (1088 AH) from a work by an unknown author, discusses different aspects of the writing of poetry and elucidates the different elements and considerations used in creating good poetry.

Scribe

• Saifi

Language

• Persian

Title in Original Language

• رسالات عروض و قافیه

Place

• Central and South Asia > India > Jammu and Kashmīr

Time

• 1500 CE - 1699 CE

Topic

• Literature > Other literatures > East Indo-European & Celtic literatures

Additional Subjects

• Persian poetry

Type of Item

• Manuscripts

Physical Description

• 49 leaves ; 14 × 25 centimeters

Institution

• Allama Iqbal Library, University of Kashmir