Delhi Persian 639 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

India Office Library

1 copy of Khulāṣaḥ al-ḥayāḥ by Aḥmad ibn Naṣr Allāh al-Tattavī

Author: Aḥmad ibn Naṣr Allāh al-Tattavī احمد بن نصر الله التتوی

The fatiḥah, or introduction, and the apparently unfinished Maqṣad I of the notices of philosophers written at the suggestion of Ḥakīm Abrū’l-fatḥ ibn ʻAbd al-Razzāq Jīlānī, d. 1589 حکیم ابرو الفتح بن عبد الرزاق جلانى , a physician of Akbar ’s time

Other copies see Delhi Persian 91* (British Library).

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Persian III, .

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 155 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 24 × 15.2 in.

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Illuminated head-piece on fol. 1v

History

Origin: 17th century CE

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Manuscript description based on Arberry, Levy and Storey: Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the Library of the India Office. Vol. 3. (Unpublished)

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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World