IO Islamic 4594 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Contents
1 copy of Minhāj al-nashr fī qirāʼāt al-ʻashr by Ḥusain b. ʻUthmān
Title: منهاج النشر فی قرآات العشر
Incipit: الحمد الله الکریم علی انزال القران العظیم . . . کتابی فارسی بطریق نشر در قراات عشر را نصب العین خود ساخت الخ
A treatise on the recitation of the Qurʼān (tajwīd) and the variant readings
This work is not mentioned in 39-50, and appears to be unknown
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, pages 376-7.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 74 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 9.8 × 5.8 in.
Dimensions (written): 7.6 × 3.6 in.
Layout
Hand(s)
Indian naskh
Decoration
Rubrications
Additions:
Seal(s): Damaged by ants and rodents, last folio torn
On fol. 2a a seal of ʻĀlamgīr dated 1097
History
Origin: 17th 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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