MS. S. Digby Or. 207 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Simon Digby Oriental Collection
Contents
A copy of an anonymous ethical treatise named Tuḥfat al-wuzarāʼ.
Title: Risalah-ʼi Tuḥfat al-wuzarāʼ
Title: رسالۀ تحفة الوزراء
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على خير خلقه محمد وآله اجمعين امّا بعد اين كتاب مشتمل است بر آنكه حكماء از كتب قدماء اختيار فرموده
Explicit: باب چهلم در آنکه چهار چیز اصل سعادتست فرمان بردن خدای و رسول خوشنود بودن پدر و مادر خدمت علماء و حكماء و شفقت بر خلق خداى حق سبحانه وتعالى توفيق رفيٯ بحق محمد وآله الامجاد
Colophon: كتبه الاضعف عبد الغفار در مدرسه خان دار العلم شيراز تحرير شد اميد عفو است سنه ١٢٨٩
Title appears on fol. 2b, line 1. Complete in 40 short bābs, each bāb containing four pieces of advice.
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: ff. i + 10 + i
Dimensions (leaf): 200 × 125 mm.
Dimensions (written): 125 × 55 mm.
Layout
One column of 8 ruled lines.
Hand(s)
Script: Fine calligraphic Nastaʻlīq. Scribe: ʻAbd al-Ghaffār.
Binding
Bound in red leather over boards.
History
Origin: Shīrāz.; 1289 AH; 1872-73 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Mr. Simon Digby, London, 1966.
Donated to the Bodleian Libraries by the Trustees of the Simon Digby Memorial Charity, April 2015.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on handlist of Simon Digby with additional enhancements by the Fihrist team.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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