RAS Persian 364 (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)

Persian Manuscripts

1 copy of Diwan of Maghribi

Author: Muhammad b. 'Izz al-din Yusuf Na'ini. (known as Shirin and Maghribi).

The initial entry is written on a page inserted in the Library copy of Codrington, before p. 545. (Differs from those given by Rieu and Ethe.) Headings in red. Ruled margins and dividing panels. The written area sprinkled with gold. Six pages towards the middle have prayes written diagonally in the margins.

Incipit: Ay jumlah-i jahan dar rukh-i jan-bakhsh-i tu paida

Language(s): Persian.

References

Rieu, ii, pp. 633-4.

Ethe, No 1281.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: Folios

Dimensions (leaf):

Layout

7 lines on a page in 2 columns

Hand(s)

Nasta'liq. Ni'matallah (son of) 'Abdallah Siddiqi

Binding

Brown leather English blind-tooled binding.

History

Origin: A Monday in Sha'ban 1085.

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by R. S. Greenshields.

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