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Bahjat al-mabāhij by Ḥasan ibn Ḥusayn Shīʻī Sabzavārī

Contents

Summary of Contents: A Shi'ite work on the life, merits and miracles of the Prophet and the Imams, abridged from the Mabāhij al-muhaj by Quṭb al-Dīn al-Kaydarī
Author: Shīʿī Sabzavārī, Ḥasan ibn Ḥusayn, 14th cent. شيعى سبزوارى، ملا حسن بن حسين
Title: Bahjat al-Mabāhij
Title: بهجة المباهج

The work is preceded by three folios (ff. iii-v) which deal with events preceding the Prophet's birth

The original manuscript (ff. iii-v, 21-347), in a good, clear nastaʻliq, within a red text frame, probably dates from the 17th century. Folios i-ii, 1-20 and 348-54 have been added later.

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: ff. v+354+i
Dimensions (leaf): 297 × 177 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Collation

Catchwords.

Condition

Worm-eaten and slightly damp-stained. Some folios have been remargined. Stitching broken and binding is detached.

Layout

19 (ff. iii-v, 21-347) and 20 (ff. 1-20, 348-354) lines per page; ruled margins (ff. iii-v, 21-347).

Hand(s)

Nastaʻliq in two hands; black ink with red headings, overlining and text frame.

Additions:

Folios i-ii contain miscellaneous inscriptions.

Label recording loan to Bodleian Library 12.12.36-2.2.37 stuck to rear paste-down.

Binding

Detached leather binding with central medallion, two pendants and ruled borders.

Seal(s):

Rectangular partially damaged seal impression on endpaper:...Ḥammūd Allāh.

History

Origin: 17th and 19th century CE. ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876.

Acquired by the Government of India in 1876

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Record Sources

Based on C.A. Storey's unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III: MSS Eur E207/8, ff.15-8.

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