Delhi Arabic 18 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

1 copy of Tafsīr-i tawz̤īḥ by unknown

The Qurʼān accompanied by a Persian paraphrase and commentary of unknown authorship

The title Tafsīr-i Tawz̤īḥ is written twice on f 1Br in a later hand, but this work is different from that with the same title described under No. 151 in the Būhār Persian catalogue

Filiation: I.O. Islamic 4796 (British Library).

Language(s): Arabic and Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Persian III, .

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 413 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 28 × 22.5 cm.

Hand(s)

Bihārī style script

Decoration

Ruled borders

Binding

20th century European half leather binding

Seal(s):

In f 49B on a fragment tipped in by mistake: Diyānat Allāh dated 1222 RY 2 [of Akbar Shāh II]

History

Origin: 18th century CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Arberry, Levy and Storey: Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the Library of the India Office. Vol. 3. (Unpublished)

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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World