I.O. Islamic 4588 (St. Pancras, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
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1 copy of Rawz̤at al-ṭāhirīn by Ṭāhir Muḥammad Sabzavārī
Title: Rawz̤at al-ṭāhirīn
Title: روضة الطاهرین
A poor copy, incomplete at beginning and end, of the universal history of Ṭāhir Muḥammad Sabzavārī, composed in 1011
This manuscript bears a note dated 26th July 1901 on the fly-leaf in the hand of H. Beveridge, who had collated it carefully and found that it contained "not much more than half of the original"
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 374.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 304 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 16 × 8.5 in.
Dimensions (written): 13.8 × 6.8 in.
Hand(s)
Indian Shikastah-āmīz
Decoration
Rubrications
Ruled margins
Additions:
Poor paper, worm-eaten, torn in places and almost fragmentary
History
Origin: 18th century CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Accessioned in 1937
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on A. J. Arberry: Hand-List of Islamic Manuscripts acquired by the India Office Library, 1936–8. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (New Series) (1939), 71: pp 353-396
Availability
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