Delhi Persian 84B (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
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1 copy of by Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 16th cent.
A work on the talismanic virtues of the Qurʼān compiled from unspecified Arabic sources
Extending as far as the beginning of the remarks on Sūrah 92 (f 97r of Delhi Arabic 84A (British Library).)
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Physical Description
Hand(s)
clear and regular naskhī
Copyist: Mirzā Aḥmad Bayg valad-i Mirzā Muḥammad Taqī Bayg (f. 96r)
Decoration
Binding
20th century half leather red European binding, with original leather binding (blind stamped margins and central panel with medallion) preserved on inside binding
ʻArẓdīdahs on f 1Cr of Jahāndār Shāh dated 22 Raj [1124] RY 1 and of Farrukhsiyar dated 29 Jum I 1125, RY 2. A third has been partially torn from the bottom of the page; Square seals of Mirzā Ghulām Muḥammad Bayg, dated 1219, on ff 1v and 2r
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