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1 copy of Mirʾāt al-Masāʾil Muḥammad Shāhī

Language(s): Persian

Title: Mirʾāt al-Masāʾil Muḥammad Shāhī
Title: مرات المسائل محمد شاهی
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله ال÷ی علم ابانا آدم اسماء کلها
Explicit: تا هر کراغم دین باشد احتراز کند تا دین را بسلامت برد ان ساء الله

The (unnamed) author states the treatise was composed for Muḥammad Shāh in 1137AH as an expositions of certain matters of faith and jurisprudence.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: White burnished paper
Extent: ff.iii+40+iii
Dimensions (leaf): 245 × 210 mm.
Dimensions (written): 180 × 120 mm.
Foliation:

European numerals in pencil.

Condition

Excellent condition.

Layout

Hand(s)

Very neat black nastaʿlīq.

Decoration

Additions:

There are frequent annpotations by Jones, who highlights material, translated material and writes notes in Arabic.

Binding

Standard India Office library half-leather binding with wine coloured marbled endpapers.

Accompanying Material

History

Origin: 1725 - 1792 CE ; India

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

Manuscript description based on E. Denison Ross and E. G. Browne, Catalogue of two collections of Persian and Arabic manuscripts preserved in the India Office Library (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1902), p.59-60 no.LXXIX

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