The Diwan

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The text of the Diwan of Mah Laqa Bai Chanda. This is the first faithful reproduction of her diwan, taken from the Salar Jung manuscript of 1818 (SJ), appended to the Tārīkh-e-Dil-Afrōz, from which Gulzar-e-Mah Laqa (1906) is derived. This text contains scribal errors. Scribal omissions are resupplied in [square brackets]. To see how the other witnesses read, switch to Collate.