RSPA 215 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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India Office Library

Ashburner Collection

Royal Society Arabic and Persian

Language(s): Persian

Incipit: این نسخهٔ ایست از چین ظهور کرده از اول که خلقت انسان شده تا بگردش قمریه همه از همه پیغمبرها مرسل نامرسل همه ثبت شده جواب سؤال پیغمبر زراتشت که ابراهیم خلیل الله خوانند

Explicit: میگوید که دعا کن و حاجت بخواه هر چه خواهر بر آرش

55 questions and answers described on the flyleaf as javāb wa suʼāl-i chīnī containing Zoroaster's replies to questions from his followers. Said to have been discovered in China.

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Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Blue paper

Extent: ff. i+23+i

Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 170 mm.

Foliation:

Pencilled foliation

Layout

14-15 lines per page

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq

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Catchwords

Binding

Leather European-style Indian binding with gilt borders and central panel containing gilt stamped medallion

History

Origin: India

Provenance and Acquisition

RSPA 119-265 were presented to the Royal Society in 1864 and 1865 by Burjorjee Sorabjee Ashburner; bookplate: "Presented to the Royal Society / by Mr. Burjorjee Sorabjee Ashburner / May 1864".

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

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Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card for admissions procedures contact British Library, Registering for a Reader Pass. Contact apac-enquiries@bl.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript. For information on catalogues and ordering manuscripts see Finding and ordering Persian manuscripts in the British Library.

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Bibliography

Denison Ross, E. and E. G. Browne, Catalogue of two collections of Persian and Arabic manuscripts preserved in the India Office Library (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1902), p. 128 no. CCXV

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