Delhi Persian 48 (St. Pancras, British Library)

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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Jalā’ al-ʻuyūn by Majlisī, Muḥammad Taqī ibn Maqṣūd ʻAlī, 1594 or 5-1659 or 60

Author: Majlisī, Muḥammad Taqī ibn Maqṣūd ʻAlī, 1594 or 5-1659 or 60 مجلسي، ملا محمد تقي بن مقصود علي Attributed to this author, see Storey 1953, page 198.

Title: Jalā’ al-ʻuyūn

Title: جلاء العيون

A history of the Prophet Muḥammad, his kinsmen, Muslim prophets and Imams

This work is divided into two volumes of which the first, consisting of the first four bābs, ends with a copyist’s colophon on f. 182v

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Persian III, .

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: ff 369

Dimensions (leaf): 37.7 × 22.5 in.

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Clear nastaʻlīq

Copyist: Faz̤l-i ʻAlī ibn Mīr Asad ʻAlī Riz̤avī, فضل علی بن میر اسد علی رضوی

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History

Origin: 5 Jum. I 1221 AH

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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 (Unpublished)

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