S. 4 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: برهان قاطع A good, complete copy of the well-known Persian-Persian Lexicon entitled
Burhán-i-Qáti ("the Trenchant Argument"), compiled in 1062/1652 by Muḥammad Husayn ibn Khalaf of Tabríz, poetically surnamed Burhán. See Rieu's Persian Catalogue, p. 500; E. Edwards's Catalogue of printed Persian Books in the
British Museum, cols. 484-486, etc. This MS. was sent by Prince Muhammad 'Alí Mírzá on the 17th of Rabi' 11,
1330/April 5, 1912, from Ţihrán to Dr Ahmad Khán, at one time Persian lecturer
in Cambridge, from whom I received it. It comprises 489 ff. of 30 × 19 c. and
25 ll., and is written in a small, neat ta'liq with rubrications. The copyist gives his
name as Ibnu'l-Ma'şúm Abdu'l-'Alí, and the date on which he completed his work
as the 28th of Shawwál, 1149/March 1, 1737.
Burhán-i-Qáti ("the Trenchant Argument"), compiled in 1062/1652 by Muḥammad Husayn ibn Khalaf of Tabríz, poetically surnamed Burhán. See Rieu's Persian Catalogue, p. 500; E. Edwards's Catalogue of printed Persian Books in the
British Museum, cols. 484-486, etc. This MS. was sent by Prince Muhammad 'Alí Mírzá on the 17th of Rabi' 11,
1330/April 5, 1912, from Ţihrán to Dr Ahmad Khán, at one time Persian lecturer
in Cambridge, from whom I received it. It comprises 489 ff. of 30 × 19 c. and
25 ll., and is written in a small, neat ta'liq with rubrications. The copyist gives his
name as Ibnu'l-Ma'şúm Abdu'l-'Alí, and the date on which he completed his work
as the 28th of Shawwál, 1149/March 1, 1737.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 489
Dimensions: 30 × 19 cm.
Layout
25 lines
Hand(s)
A small, neat ta'liq with rubrications
History
Origin: 1149 AH; 1737 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
This MS. was sent by Prince Muhammad 'Alí Mírzá on the 17th of Rabi' 11, 1330/April 5, 1912, from Ţihrán to Dr Ahmad Khán, at one time Persian lecturer in Cambridge, from whom I received it.
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.
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