RSPA 5 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
Contents
1 copy of Jāmiʿ-i ʿAbbāsī by Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad al-ʿĀmilī
Language(s): Persian & Arabic
There is a seal on f1r, which is mostly illegible except for the word "Khān". Through comparison with the same seal on MS RSPA 19, Jones's copy of Tuḥfat al-Muʾminūn, the seal reads "Aẓḥar Khān Sayyid ʿAlī 1201" above which, on both manuscripts, is written "al-Malik wa-l-Qābiḍ".
Physical Description
European numerals in pencil.
Condition
Good condition. Supports and guards. Several large smudges.
Layout
Hand(s)
Persian is written in a small and clear nastaʿlīq. Arabic is written in a similarly clear naskh script.
Decoration
Marginal comments are infrequent but present in a range of hands.
After the colophon, there are two folios which are covered in a range of marginal notes by at least two different hands in a mixture of Arabic and Persian about varied topics.
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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