MS. S. Digby Or. 12 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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A copy of the Malfūẓāt-i Tīmūrī, compiled by Abū Ṭālib al-Ḥusaynī.

Author: Timur, 1336-1405 تيمور
Translator: Abū Ṭālib al-Ḥusaynī, active 1637 أبو طالب الحسيني العريضي
Title: Malfūẓāt-i Tīmūrī
Title: ملفوظات تیموری
Title: Tūzuk-i Tīmūrī
Title: توزك تیموری
Incipit: رب يسر بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وتمم بالخير حمد بليغ سبحاني را كه بمقتضاي آية كريمة انا جعلناك خليفة في الارض عنقاي لقاي سلطنت صاحبقراني را ببال اقبال جهان
Explicit: كتاب احاديث حاضر آوردند ضمان بود كه ميكفتند ميان ايشان حكم بصلح نمودم و انها را كداشتم كه بروند
Colophon: ٮم ٮم ٮم ٮمٮ الحرء

Persian translation of alleged Turki original

Language(s): Persian

References

Storey I, 280

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff. 191
Dimensions (leaf): 25.2 × 16.4 cm.

Hand(s)

crude taʻlīq, rubrics and some rubrications in silver, brownish paper, a few coloured leaves

Binding

English calf binding

History

Origin: 12th Century 18th Century

Provenance and Acquisition

: Phillips, Son and Neale: April 1966; Major Dary; false seal of (Sir) Robert Palk Fakhruddawla 1181/1767-8. Evidently appended by a dealer in England in modern times, as it is found, (in unsuitable imperial red) on many MSS of different “subsequent” ownership which appeared at the same sale:

The collections of Mr. Simon Digby.

Donated to the Bodleian Libraries by the Trustees of the Simon Digby Memorial Charity, April 2015

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on handlist of Simon Digby with additional enhancements by the Fihrist team.

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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