IO Islamic 4715 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
India Office Library
Two Persian works
Contents
Summary of Contents: 2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Islamic ethics, Sufism, Anecdotes Iran, Shiites Biography, Muslim martyrs, and Imams
1. ff. 1Cv-76v
Title: Bahāristān
Title: بهارستان
Moral anecdotes in prose and verse written in 892
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 9.
2. ff. 80v-140v
An abridgement in twelve majlis by an anonymous author of Rawz̤at al-shuhadāʼ ( روضة الشهداء ) by Kāshifī, Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ, d. 1504 or 5, كاشفى، حسين واعض
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 9.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 145 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 21.5 × 12.5 cm.
Hand(s)
Copyist: Mīr Inʻām Allāh, میر انعام الله
Decoration
Illuminated ʻunvāns
Seal of Capt. John Kennaway
History
Origin: 1786 AH ; Lucknow
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on U. Sims-Williams: Handlist of Islamic manuscripts acquired by the India Office Library 1938-85. London, 1986
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