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Qissah-yi Abu Muslim

1 copy of Qiṣṣah-'i Abū Muslim by Muḥammad ibn Niẓām al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad

Author: Muḥammad ibn Niẓām al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad ‏محمّد ابن نظام الدّين ابن محمّد

Rare romance of the Abū Muslim ibn Asad ibn Junayd al-Marvazī (d. 137/755), who rebelled against Umayyad rule in Khurasan, based on a tradition attributed to Abū Ṭāhir Ṭarsūsī, by Muḥammad ibn Niẓām al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad "Ibn Niẓām"

Arberry suggests this is the author's autograph

Dated colophon: 17 Z̲ū al-Ḥijjah 889/5 January 1485 by Muḥammad ibn Niẓām al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad "Ibn Niẓām"

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 152 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 250 × 180 mm.

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History

Origin: 17 Z̲ū al-Ḥijjah 889 AH; 5 January 1485 CE ; Iran or India

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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