Delhi Persian 5B (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
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1 copy of Tafsīr-i Yaʻqūb-i Charkhī by Charkhī, Yaʻqūb, d. 1447
Title: Tafsīr-i Yaʻqūb-i Charkhī
Title: تفسیر یعقوب چرخی
A commentary on Sūrahs 1 and 67 to 114
Filiation: Other copies in the India Office Library: I.O. Islamic 4742 (British Library)., I.O. Islamic 754 (British Library)., Delhi Persian 8
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Persian III, .
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 166 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 22.5 × 17 cm.
Hand(s)
Fair nastaʻlīq except the supplies, which are in an ugly and irregular cursive hand
Decoration
Ruled borders (except Foll. 3-18, Foll. 44-56, Foll. 59-63, Foll. 82-3 which have been supplied and are without borders)
Rubrications and red overlinings
Additions:
Qurʼānic text overlined in red (in black in the supplies)
History
Origin: 18th 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 (Unpublished)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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