Delhi Persian 32 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

A volume containing different works

Summary of Contents: 2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Persian poetry, Qasidas, Koran, Tafsir, and Koranic recitations

1. ff. 1Bv-34r

Author: Ṭāhir Iṣfahānī Ṭāhir ibn ʻArabshāh al-Iṣfahānī (born 786/1384) طاهر بن عربشاه الاصفهانی طاهر اصفهانی

Title: Durr al-farīd fī ʻilm al-tajvīd

Title: در الفرید علم التجرید

A short treatise on the art of reading the Qurʼān

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Persian III, .

2. ff. 34v-40v

Author: Anonymous

Title: An anonymous work on the art of reading the Qurʼān

The work deals mainly with the pronunciation of the individual letters, and is based, according to the authorʼs own statement in his preface

The work is followed by a short note on waqf and the abbreviations used to indicate its different varieties

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Persian III, .

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 228 ff

Dimensions (leaf): 27 × 16 in.

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Large clear naskhī

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Binding

European 20th century binding, with plain red leather

History

Origin: India; 18th century CE

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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 (Unpublished)

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