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SAIYADA HAMSĀ G.5381. orfas 31954 Amir Hamzāh. Substance, country-made paper, 10 x 7 inches. Pages 1-11, 133-217. Date, B.S. 1244 (1837-38 A.D.). Incomplete.
Hamzāh was a son of Abdul ul Multalib and an uncle of Muhammad. The book was originally written in Persian. The work describes how Hamzah, an imaginary hero, of the romance made an adventure at the court of Nushirvan for the wooing of that king's daughter. P. 186. staczy abono y otra 6771 II
রূমের বাদশার বেটা কদাচিত নয়। P. 211. Shtattoo fofagt 7*7 otasi
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The first part of Amir Hamzāh was written by Garibullāh, and the second part of this book was written by this author in the year 1792-95 A.D. B.S. 1199-1201). This has been fully dealt with in Dr. Sukumar Sen's History of Bengali Literature (in Bengali), Vol. I, pp. 919-923.
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Kāśīmāhātmya.
Substance, country-made paper, 10x8 inches. Pages, 1-348. Lines, 28 on a page. Character, Bengali. Date, Saka, 1803 (C. 1881 A.D.). Book form. Appearance, fresh. Complete.
Kāsimāhātmya, a part of Brahmavaivartapurana translated into Bengali. The author wrote the book, when he was 76.
From the concluding verses it is known that he travelled far and wide and settled at Benares and wrote many works in Sanskrit both in prose and verse.
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