RAS Persian 332. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)

Persian Manuscripts

1 copy of Abwab al-Jinan by Mirza Rafi' al-din Muhammad b. Fathullah Qazwini.

Author: Mirza Rafi' al-din Muhammad b. Fathullah Qazwini.

Box 126 F1a: a) signature of David Price b) Notes of ownership by Muhammad Hasan b.Hajji Muhammad Tahir b. Karbala'i Salih (3), and Mirza Baba. c) Obscured impression of small oval seal of Muhammad ...? d) Six poor impression of the elongated octagonal seal of David Price. Folio preceding text, recto: description of the work by Price, with his signature and the date March 1793. A collection of religious and ethical prescriptions from a Shi'i point of view. The first volume only. Headings and punctuation in red. Ethical and religious prescriptions, from a Shi'i point of view.

Incipit: Bihtarin Maqali kih sar-khail-i karawan-i funun-i muhawarat

Language(s): Persian.

References

Ethe, No 2213. Cf. Rieu, ii, pp. 697-8.

For Price's bequest see J.R.A.S., iii (1836), pp. xii-xiv, lx.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 256 folios

Dimensions (leaf): 9.75

Layout

21 lines to the page

Hand(s)

Nasta'liq. 'Azizullah b. Tahmasp Quli

Binding

Red leather Indian binding with stamped and painted decoration, the spine a replacement, with tooled title etc.

History

Origin: 8 Dhu 'l-Qa'dah A.H. 1079 (9 April 1669).

Provenance and Acquisition

Bequeathed by Major David Price.

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