RSPA 58 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
Contents
1 copy of Sharḥ-i Qaṣīdat-i Burdah
Language(s): Persian
Denison Ross and Brown have misunderstood the dating and authorship in the colophon. The manuscript is dated to the year of the coronation of ʿĀlamgīr Shāh, not 920AH. This is the date in which the original text was completed. This makes the date 22nd Muḥarram 1070AH. This would also make Muḥammad Ghayūr Qādirī (Muḥammad Bāyazīdī) the scribe, rather than the original author; indeed, the name provided by Denison Ross and Browne is only traceable to their catalogue of Jones's collection and cannot be traced to any other extant commentaries of the Burdah.
Physical Description
European numerals in pencil.
Condition
Supports and guards. Some discolouration.
Layout
Hand(s)
Rough black-ink nastaʿlīq.
Decoration
On f1r, Jones has written a title page: "A Commentary on the BURDAH, W. Jones". Through the manuscript there are very occasional marginal notes in the scribal hand.
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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