IO Islamic 3718 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Translation of Mishkat-i sharif, vol. 3
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1 copy of Tarjumah-'i Mishkāt-i sharīf by Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Khaṭīb al-Tabrīzī
Large portion from the Persian translation and commentary on the Mishkāt al-maṣābīḥ by ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq ibn Sayf al-Dīn Dihlavī, known as the muḥaddis̲, usually entitled Ashiʿat al-lamaʿāt fī sharḥ al-Mishkāt by Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Khaṭīb al-Tabrīzī, completed 1616
Consists of the third volume, extending from kitāb al-buyūʿ to kitāb al-ruʾyā
Text is prefixed with a list of contents
Poor condition
Boards delaminating, exposing inner fabric consisting of sheets of text, including accounts, letters, language exercises, and more
Boards show indications that the manuscript hay be related to the Delhi Persian Collection
Annotated throughout; notes on f. 258v end with the name Qāz̤ī Muḥammad S̲anāʾ Allāh
Not dated
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