Delhi Persian 239 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Bāb al-ḥādī ʿashr by Afz̤al al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Taqi al-Din Muḥammad ibn Ghiyās̤ al-Dīn Maḥmūd al-Ḥasanī al-Ḥusaynī Mūsavī al-ShahristānīLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicUntitled Persian translation and commentary by Afz̤al al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Taqi al-Din Muḥammad ibn Ghiyās̤ al-Dīn Maḥmūd al-Ḥasanī al-Ḥusaynī Mūsavī al-Shahristānī on the treatise addressing Shīʿī theological questions, entitled Bāb al-ḥādī ʿashr, by Shaykh Abū al-Qāsim Najm al-Dīn Jaʿfar ibn Ḥasan ibn Yaḥyá al-Ḥillī, known as the Muḥaqqiq al-Ḥillī (d. 676/1277).
Not dated at end.
Nastaʿlīq; Arabic quotations in awkward naskh overlined in red.
Stamped foliation.
Binding damaged (combed marble papers over pasteboards edged with leather; spine detached), labels removed.
Folios mostly bound; occasional wormholes.
Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 56 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 244 × 160 mm.Hand(s)
History
Origin: 19th century IndiaProvenance and Acquisition
Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876
1876
Government of India
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