IO Islamic 4635 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Rumi's Masnavi-yi ma'navi, 6 daftars
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1 copy of Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavī by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273
Title: Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavī
Title: مثنوی معنوی
Good copy of Rumi's Masnavi in 6 daftars, but lacking the prose prefaces, in fine nastaʿlīq
Daftars: 1) f. 1v; 2) f. 47v; 3) f. 88v; 4) f. 140v; 5) f. 182v; 6) f. 230v
Dated colophon: Shaʿbān 854/September 1450 by Luṭf Allāh al-Kātib at Kāshghar
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 283 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 245 × 152 mm.
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History
Origin: Shaʿbān 854 AH; September 1450 CE Kashgar ; Central Asia
Record Sources
Based on published description in Arberry, A.J., 'Notes on Islamic manuscripts recently acquired by the India Office Library,' in Islamic Culture, vol. 13, no. 4 (Oct. 1939), pp. 440-458.
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