IO Islamic 4626 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
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1 copy of Zīnat al-majālis by Majd al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥusainī
Title: Zīnat al-majālis
Title: زینة المجالس
An excellent copy of the author's collection of anecdotes completed in 1004
The text was lithographed at Tehran in 1246 ]
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, page 390.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 240 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 14.1 × 9.3 in.
Dimensions (written): 10.5 × 4.7 in.
Layout
Decoration
Rubrications
Binding
Black oriental leather binding
Many seals on foll. 1 and foll. 240
History
Origin: Dated 20 Rabīʻ i 1086 AH
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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