RSPA 6 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
Contents
1 copy of Tarjumah-'i Risālah-'i Mufaz̤z̤al by Mufaz̤z̤al ibn ʿUmar
Language(s): Persian & Arabic
Persian translation by Muḥammad Bāqir Majlisī of Risālat al-Tawḥīd.
On f0er, there is a further note in Persian explaining that the text was originally written in Arabic, but was translated by Muḥammad Bāqir Majlisī.
The colophon is extremely difficult to read, partly because the handwriting is so bad. It provides the date and appears to provide the location and the name of either the scribe or the person who commissioned the work. The handwriting is so difficult as to provide any certainty.
Physical Description
European numerals in pencil.
Condition
The textblock is in very good condition. There are supports and guards.
Layout
Uniform layout across the manuscript of one column per page, except for the final, largley illegible, colophon, that is written transversely across the page.
Hand(s)
Very difficult to read nastaʿlīq script. Arabic text is written in a very clear naskh.
Decoration
There are some, infrequent, marginal comments in Persian. On f1r, there is a note in Persian explaining the contents of the work and another note which states that this is the first part of the Risālah. There is also the invocation "yā kabīkaj"written on f1r six times (three in pen, three in pencil). On f1v, Jones has written an illegible note, which appears to say "an Maphismo" but the meaning of this is unclear. After the textblock, there are several pages of invocations written out transversely down the page in the same hand.
Binding
Standard India Office half leather binding with 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.
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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