N. 6 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: ذخيرة الملوك A well-known Persian treatise on ethics and politics by Sayyid Alí b. Shiháb
al-Hamadání (d. 786/1385). See Rieu, B.M.P.C., 447; Ethé, I.O.P.C., No. 2176;
Ivanow, A.S.B.P.C., No. 1380, where further references are given. Ff. 235 of 23'5 and 14'8 c. and 16 ll. Good ta'liq with rubrications. No date.
Ff. 1697-1742. have been supplied by another hand. The MS. was transcribed
by Muhammad b. Sháh Muhammad and afterwards carefully collated and corrected
by a certain asan b. Husayn b. Ghaybi (?) b. Shaykh Ahmad. According to
a note by Professor Browne on f. 17. it was bought at the auction at Sotheby's on
June 18, 1922, for 10s.
al-Hamadání (d. 786/1385). See Rieu, B.M.P.C., 447; Ethé, I.O.P.C., No. 2176;
Ivanow, A.S.B.P.C., No. 1380, where further references are given. Ff. 235 of 23'5 and 14'8 c. and 16 ll. Good ta'liq with rubrications. No date.
Ff. 1697-1742. have been supplied by another hand. The MS. was transcribed
by Muhammad b. Sháh Muhammad and afterwards carefully collated and corrected
by a certain asan b. Husayn b. Ghaybi (?) b. Shaykh Ahmad. According to
a note by Professor Browne on f. 17. it was bought at the auction at Sotheby's on
June 18, 1922, for 10s.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 235
Dimensions: 23.5 × 14.8 cm.
Layout
16 lines
Hand(s)
Good ta'liq with rubrications
History
Origin: undated
Provenance and Acquisition
Bought by E. G. Browne at the auction at Sotheby's on June 18, 1922, for 10s.
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.
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