RSPA 98 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
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1 copy of al-Tārīkh al-Yamīnī by Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Jabbār al-ʻUtbī
Language(s): Arabic
Title: al-Tārīkh al-YamīnīTitle: التاريخ اليمينيIncipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. الحمد لله الظاهر بآياتهExplicit: سارا الى اتستوا متقيين حر الفضب وم ركب الاميران كتافهماThis is a fragment of al-ʿUtbī's larger history of Maḥmūd al-Ghaznī.
Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: Laminated woven paper.Extent: ff.ii+37+ivDimensions (leaf): 250 × 200 mm.Dimensions (written): 165 × 100 mm.Foliation:European numerals in pencil.
Condition
Extensive worm damage throughout manuscript. Supports and guards.
Layout
Hand(s)
Neat black ink nastaʿlīq with rubrications.
Decoration
Additions:Some marginal notes throughout. Ownership notes on f1r.
Binding
Standard India Office half leather binding with wine coloured marbled endpapers.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1700 - 1792 CE ; IndiaProvenance 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.66 no.XCVIIIAvailability
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