Delhi Persian 84A (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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1 copy of by Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 16th cent.

Author: Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 16th cent. ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-Birjandī (d.c. 934/1527) عبد العلی بن محمد بن حسين البرجنديی برجنديی عبد العلی بن محمد بن حسين

Title: Untitled

A work on the talismanic virtues of the Qurʼān compiled from unspecified Arabic sources in the year 926

Filiation: Other copies in the India Office Library: Delhi Arabic 84B (British Library).

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

References

For a more detailed description see Persian III, .

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: ff 105

Dimensions (leaf): 23 × 12 in.

Hand(s)

Clear and regular naskhī

Decoration

Binding

20th century half leather red European binding

Seal(s):

Rectangular seal of (?) Ḥāfiẓ Barākat Allāh dated 1244

History

Origin: India; ? 17th century CE

Record Sources

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 (Unpublished)

Availability

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Subjects

Koran--Hermeneutics

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