IO Islamic 4592 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Contents
1 copy of Nuzhat al-arvāḥ by Mīr Fakhr al-Sādāt Ḥusainī, d. after 720/1320
Title: Nuzhat al-arvāḥ
Title: نزهة الارواح
An indifferent copy of the well-known Sufi miscellany
On the fly-leaf this manuscript is described as a commentary (sharḥ), but this is not correct
Filiation: See Ethe 1903-1937, no 1821. or I.O. Islamic 1430 (British Library).
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 376.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 132 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 10.3
Dimensions (written): 8.5 × 4.8 in.
Hand(s)
Inelegant Indian naskh
Decoration
Poor paper
Rubrications
History
Origin: 18th century CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Apparently from the Delhi Collection: 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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