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Persian Manuscripts

1 copy of Tuḥfat al-muʼminīn by Ḥusaynī, Muḥammad Muʼmin, d. 1698

Author: Ḥusaynī, Muḥammad Muʼmin, d. 1698 حسيني، محمد مؤمن بن مير محمد زمان تنكابني ديلمي

Folio one, recto, in ink: Presented by H.T. Colebrooke Feby 7 1824 Final blank folio, verso: similar note in pencil, upside down. Ethe No 2330, another copy of the work, may be by the same scribe, but, if so, the date given by Ethe, 1825, must be wrong. A work on Materia Medica. Scribe is said to be resident in Burdwan. Headings and punctuation in red.

Incipit: Subhanuka Allahuma ya Quddus wa ya Tabib al-nufus

Language(s): Persian.

References

Storey, ii, pp. 261-3.

Rieu, ii, pp. 467-8.

Ethe, No 2328.

Seemingly the unnamed MS in the Donations Register for 7 February 1824.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 354 folios

Dimensions (leaf): 11.375

Layout

27 lines to the page

Hand(s)

Nasta'liq with some shikastah forms. Ghulam Muhiyy al-Din

Binding

Red leather Indian binding with painted borders. Has flap

History

Origin: Burdwan, apparently. 22 Rajab, regnal year 7 of Ahmad Shah. (sic, but this appears to be some months after Ahmad Shah's deposition in 1754.)

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by H.T. Colebrooke.

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