RAS Persian 183. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Nuzhat al-Qulub by Ḥamd Allāh Mustawfī Qazvīnī, fl. 1330-1340
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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