IO Islamic 4623 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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A volume containing two separate works
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Summary of Contents: 2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Letter writing, Islam Prayers and devotions, and ProphetsPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: 88 ffDimensions (leaf): 5.1Hand(s)
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1. ff. 1-63Title: Kanz al-laṭāʼifTitle: کنز الاطائفTitle: Kanz al-balāghahTitle: کنز بلاغهA collection of model letters—probably fifty: this copy has a heading of the 49th on fol. 62a, and there is a lacuna after that folio
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 388.Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: foliosDimensions (written): 5.5 × 3.8 in.Condition
Last folio torn
Layout
Hand(s)
Good Indian nastaʻlīq
Copyist, Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Pīr Muḥammad, غیاث الدین بن پیر محمد
Decoration
Rubrications
interlineary and marginal notes
Water-stained
History
Origin: 17th century CEB
Contents
2. ff. 64-88Author: Kāshifī, Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ, d. 1504 or 5Library of Congress/NACO Ḥusain Vāʻiẓ Kāshifī حسين واعظ كاشفي كاشفي، حسين واعظTitle: Intikhāb Tuḥfat al-ṣalavātTitle: انتخاب تحفة الصلواتAn epitome, apparently made by the author himself, of a treatise on the cult of the Prophet, and prayer
It is stated in the preface that the epitome was made at the request of Sulṭān Abū ʼl-Ghāzī, سلطان ابو الغازی [Mīrzā Baiqarā of Herat], who reigned 873-911
Language(s): PersianReferences
For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, pages 388-9.Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: foliosDimensions (written): 3.3Layout
Hand(s)
Persian shikastah-āmīz
History
Origin: 18th century CEAdditional Information
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 353-396Availability
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