Delhi Persian 40 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

1 copy of Sharḥ-i Ṣaḥīḥ-i Muslim

Anonymous and rare Persian translation of and commentary on the well-known ḥadīth collection, the Ṣaḥīḥ of Muslim

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

References

For a more detailed description see C.A. Storey, R. Levy, and A.J. Arberry. Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office. Vol. 3. Unpublished, n.d.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 893 ff

Dimensions (leaf): 9.8

Condition

Folios 3 to 8 seem to have been previously restored. Binding no longer intact. Worm-eaten throughout. Folios 1 and 2 missing, end of the manuscript is imperfect

Hand(s)

Taʻlīq

Decoration

Written on paper of varying colours

Binding

What is possibly the original leather binding is present but no longer intact

History

Origin: India; 18th century-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 (Unpublished)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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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World