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1 copy of Nuzhat al-Qulub by Ḥamd Allāh Mustawfī Qazvīnī, fl. 1330-1340

Author: Ḥamd Allāh Mustawfī Qazvīnī, fl. 1330-1340 حمدالله مستوفى قزوينى

Title: Nuzhat al-Qulub.

Front flyleaf, recto: Presented by Sir John Malcolm May 19. 1827. The portion covering the geography of Iran (maqalah iii, qism 2, wirh its appendices). Headings in red.

Incipit: Dar dhikr-i bilad-i Iran zamin

Language(s): Persian.

References

As for Codrington/Reade No 182.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: Folios 122
Dimensions (leaf): 12 × 7.25 in.

Layout

20 lines on a page

Hand(s)

Nasta'liq.

Binding

Half-leather binding, red and green leather and marbled boards.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by Sir John Malcolm. (In Morley's list of donors this MS (like182) is noted as given by Sir John Markham, contradicted by the inscription in the book.)

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