RSPA 22 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
Contents
1 copy of Fawāʾid-i Ghaniyyah by ʿAlī ibn Mubāriz Dilkhān
Language(s): Persian
The author is entirely unknown apart from in this text, which is a short treatise on comparative Persian and Hindi grammar and lexicography.
The date is garbled; 1260AH translates to 1844AD, over fifty years after Jones's death. In the introduction, the author dates the text to 1197AH, which corresponds to 1782AD.
Physical Description
European numerals in pencil.
Condition
Good condition. Some repaired worm damage.
Layout
Uniform layout across the manuscript, except for f6r in which a poem is written transversely in the shape of a leaf down the manuscript.
Hand(s)
Black ink nastaʿlīq. Fairly spacious, but not particularly neat.
Decoration
On f1r, Jones has written out several words in Farsi and some words in Sanskrit (devanagari script). There are some authorial marginal notes throughout the manuscript.
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. 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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