I.O. Islamic 4623 (St. Pancras, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
A volume containing two separate works
Contents
Physical Description
Hand(s)
A
Contents
A 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
References
Physical Description
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
B
Contents
An 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 ʼ1-Ghāzī, سلطان ابو الغازی [Mīrzā Baiqarā of Herat], who reigned 873-911
References
Physical Description
Layout
Hand(s)
Persian shikastah-āmīz
History
Additional Information
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