IO Islamic 4593 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Contents
1 copy of Sharḥ-i Rubāʻīyāt-i Jāmī by Jāmī, 1414-1492
Title: Sharḥ-i Rubāʻīyāt-i Jāmī
Title: شرح رباعیات جامی
An incomplete copy of Jāmī's own commentary on some of his quatrains [ Ethe 1903-1937, no 1357(12).
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 376.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 50 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 8.3 × 5.5 in.
Dimensions (written): 5.3 × 2.7 in.
Layout
Hand(s)
Poor Indian nastaʻlīq
Decoration
Poor paper
Red over linings
Additions:
Worm-eaten
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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