Delhi Persian 98B* (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Works on raml divination, 2 items (a-b)

Summary of Contents: Miscellaneous collection of works on raml or divination, comprised of two heterogeneous items from separate sources. Volume not dated. Rough scribal nastaʿlīq. Limited annotations in margins. Discontinuous Persian foliation. Lacking original binding. Folios detached and severely damaged at the beginning by wormholes and animal predation. Condition extremely fragile.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

1. ff. 1r-40v

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Delhi Persian 98B* a.

Fragment of a treatise on raml or divination by an unnamed author.

Defective at the beginning.

Not dated at end.

Much of the text is missing due to severe insect and animal predation.

2. ff. 41v-66v

Delhi Persian 98B* b.

Untitled treatise on raml or divination by an unnamed author who keeps withholding his identity.

Not dated at end.

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 66 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 225 × 140 mm.

Hand(s)

History

Origin: India

Provenance 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

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

Subjects

Divination--Early works to 1800

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