RSPA 2 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
Persian translation of al-Farāʾiḍ al-Sharīfiyyah
Contents
1 copy of Tarjumah-ʼi Farāʾiz̤-i sharīfīyah by Muḥammad Qāsim ibn Muḥammad Dāʾim Bardavānī
Language(s): Persian
Persian translation of the Arabic commentary al-Farāʾiḍ al-sharīfiyyah fī sharḥ al-sirājiyyah by al-Sharīf al-Jurjānī.
There is a considerable gap of five folios between the translator's preface and the main body of the text.
Jones had two other versions of this text, MS RSPA 1 (also Persian) and MS RSPA 92 (in Arabic), which are more heavily annotated and in largely much better condition than this version.
Physical Description
European numerals in pencil. The translator's preface is not foliated along with the text, but is foliated using Latin letters.
Condition
The manuscript has suffered sustained worm damage and has since been repaired with lamination. There are supports and guards on each folio. The top corner of each folio is also water-damaged.
Layout
Regular layout of one column per page consisting of fifteen lines.
Hand(s)
Small black nastaʿlīq script with rubrications.
There are occasional notes made by Jones, usually in the form of a cross or curly bracket to highlight a section. He also translates some words and writes out other difficult to read words in naskh script. There is also at least one other non-scribal hand that makes occasional comments in Persian.
Binding
Standard India-Office half-leather binding with wine-coloured marbled endpapers.
Accompanying Material
History
Provenance and Acquisition
RSPA 1-118 were presented to the Royal Society in January 1792 by Sir William and Lady Jones. According to Wilkins, this manuscript was presented by Lady Jones.
The Royal Society's collection of 280 Persian and Arabic, and 86 Sanskrit manuscripts were transferred to the India Office Library in 1876.
1876
India Office Library
Record Sources
Availability
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