Delhi Persian 791 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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Works on logic, 2 items (a-b)
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Summary of Contents: Collection of commentaries on logic by al-Isfara’ini. Volume not dated; datable to the early sixteenth century. Early scribal nastaʿlīq. Limited annotations in margins. Intermittent foliation in pencil. Lacking original binding. Paper dust wrapper (BEIC legal publication on Regulation XXXVIII of 1850, published Calcutta 1850, Bengal Military Orphan Press, by J. C. Sherriff); watermarked (T. H. Saunders & Co.; not dated); label, torn and stained. Condition fragile.Language(s): Persian and Arabic
1. ff. 1v-62vLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicDelhi Persian 791 a.
Substantial fragment of an untitled Persian commentary, conventionally known as Sharḥ al-Risālat al-kubrá fī al-manṭiq, written by ʿIṣām al-Dīn Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿArab Shāh Isfarāʾinī (d. 945/1538) on the larger of two treatises on logic, conventionally known as the Risālat al-kubrá, by Sayyid ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Sharīf al-Jurjānī (d. 816/1413).
Lacunae after folios 9, 33, 35, and 51.
Defective at end.
Not dated at end; datable to the early sixteenth century.
2. ff. 63v-66rAuthor: ʿIṣām al-Dīn Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿArab Shāh Isfarāʾinī عصام الدّين ابراهيم ابن محمّد ابن عرب شاه اسفرائنىDelhi Persian 791 b.
Untitled Persian commentary, conventionally known as Sharḥ al-Risālat al-ṣughrá fī al-manṭiq, written by ʿIṣām al-Dīn Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿArab Shāh Isfarāʾinī (d. 945/1538) on the smaller of two treatises on logic, conventionally known as the Risālat al-ṣughrá, by Sayyid ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Sharīf al-Jurjānī (d. 816/1413).
Not dated at end; datable to the early sixteenth century.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: 66 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 192 × 131 mm.Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1500 - 1550 CE ; India or IranProvenance and Acquisition
Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876
1876
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