Delhi Persian 2A (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Baḥr al-ʻulūm al-Islāmīyah by Ḥāfiẓ Ghulām Muṣṭafá ibn Muḥammad Ākhar Thānaysarī Dihlavī

Author: Ḥāfiẓ Ghulām Muṣṭafá ibn Muḥammad Ākhar Thānaysarī Dihlavī حافظ غلام مصطفى بن محمد آخر

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 (Unpublished)

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