Delhi Persian 25 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
A volume containing different works
Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of al-Fawz al-kabīr fī uṣūl al-tafsīr by Walī Allāh al-Dihlawī, 1702 or 3-1762 or 3
ff. 1Bv-38r
Title: الفوز الكبير في أصول التفسير
A work on the principles of Qurʼānic exegesis
The fifth chapter (ff 21v-38r) is in Arabic, and has the independent title Fatḥ al-khabīr bi-mā lā budd min ḥifẓih fī ʻilm al-tafsīr ( فتح الخبیر بما لا بد من حفظه فی علم التفسیر )
Filiation: Other copies in the India Office Library: Delhi Persian 21 (British Library)., Delhi Arabic 279d (British Library).
Language(s): Persian and Arabic
References
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 96 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 27.5 × 16.5 in.
Decoration
Binding
Half leather 20th century European binding
Square seal of Ḥaṣūr Allāh, 1182
History
Origin: India; 21 Saf 1182 AH
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 (Unpublished)
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