Delhi Persian 2A (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Baḥr al-ʻulūm al-Islāmīyah by Ḥāfiẓ Ghulām Muṣṭafá ibn Muḥammad Ākhar Thānaysarī Dihlavī
Title: Baḥr al-ʻulūm al-Islāmīyah
Title: بحر لعلوم الاسلامية
Short description including author with brief bio-data: Sūrahs 1-18, forming vol. 1 of a comprehensive commentary on the Qurʼān
Completed in 1191
Filiation: Other copies in the India Office Library: Delhi Persian 2B (British Library).
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 747 f
Dimensions (leaf): 31 × 20 cm.
Hand(s)
Qurʼānic text in fully vocalised naskhī, the commentary in nastaʼlīq
Decoration
Ruled red and black borders
Marginal comments
Binding
Half leather 20th century European binding
History
Origin: India; Early 19th 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 (Unpublished)
Availability
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