عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
ALei2261
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc
انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Harkarn b. Mat̲h̲urādās - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
General Material Designation
[Article]
First Statement of Responsibility
Popp, Stephan
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
(886 words)
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The munshī (secretary) Harkarn (or Har Karan, Eng. spelling Herkern), son of Mathurādās from Multan, of the Kamboh caste, is the first known Hindu to have written an inshāʾ (textbook of letters) in Persian, the Inshāʾ-i Harkaran ("Forms of Herkern"). This collection of model letters became popular as a textbook for teaching the art of letter writing. It was translated into English by Francis Balfour and printed in Calcutta in 1195/1781. The only information we have on the author is from the preface of his book, where Harkarn,
SET
Title
Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
International Standard Serial Number
9789004356665
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Islam.
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Popp, Stephan
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Article]
275578
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