Harkarn b. Mat̲h̲urādās - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Harkarn b. Mat̲h̲urādās - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Popp, Stephan

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061864
Doc. NO	:	ALei2261
Main Entry	:	Popp, Stephan
Title & Author	:	Harkarn b. Mat̲h̲urādās - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Popp, Stephan
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(886 words)
Abstract	:	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,
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei2261.pdf