MS. S. Digby Or. 207 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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A copy of an anonymous ethical treatise named Tuḥfat al-wuzarāʼ.

Author: Anonymous
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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