Delhi Persian 1169 (St. Pancras, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
A volume containing different works
Contents
An abridgement of a commentary on Sūrah 73 of the Qurʼān
References
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq
Decoration
Illuminated ʻunvān f 272v and decorations on f 276r, floral borders on opening leaves ff 272v-273r Also in 365v, floral borders on opening leaves ff 365v-366r
Marginal notes and corrections
Headings and overlining of Qurʼānic text in red
Binding
half leather 20th century European binding, partly preserved leather binding with blind tooling on applied gold paper preserved f 1Ar
Muḥammad Mahdī? f 1Dr; ʻarẓdīdahs of 21 Muh RY 3 and 19 Zuʼl-H RY 23 (twice) f 1Er
History
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