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2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Islamic swords, Physiognomy, and Islamic ethics

1. ff. 1b-23a
Author: Luṭf Allāh Nis̲ār, Nuṣrat Allāh Khān, fl. 18th cent. لطف الله نثار، نصرت الله
Title: Risālah-ʼi shamshīr-i shināsī
Title: Tāʼīd-i baṣārat
Title: رسالۀ شمشير شناسی
Title: تائيد بصارت

Language(s): Persian

References

no. 219 no. CXXXVI
2. ff. 25b-32b
Author: Muḥammad Mīrzā Khān محمد ميرزا خان
Title: Risālah-i dalāʼil al-firāsat
Title: رساله دلائل الفراست

Language(s): Persian

References

no. 460 no. CXXXVI
This treatise was compiled from two works: the Dhakhīrat al-mulūk ذخيرة الملوك of Hamadhānī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, 1314-1385 علی بن محمد همذانی , ; and the Tuḥfat al-naṣāʼiḥ تحفة النصائح of Muḥammad Yūsuf Gadā, 14th c. محمد يوسف گدا .

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History

Origin: 1227 AH; 1812 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Bequest of R.E. Lofft (1783-1847) in 1867.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on E. G. Browne: A hand-list of the Muhammadan manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, 1900 E. G. Browne: A catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, 1896 abbreviated by the OCIMCO project team.

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