Delhi Persian 138 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

A translation of the Mukhtaṣar al-viqāyat ( مختصر الوقایة ) (sometimes known as Nuqāyat ( نقایة ) of ʻUbayd Allāh b. Masʻūd, d. 1346 or 7, عبید الله بن مسعود , together with a brief commentary by an unnamed author

Defective end and lacuna after f. 5

Language(s): Persian

Form: codex

Extent: 282 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 21.3 × 15.6 in.

Indian naskhī

Rubrications

Passages of the original text overlined

Scatered marginal comments

Origin: India; 16th century CE

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