B. 4 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: شواهد النبوة لمولانا عبد الرحمن الجامي. A very fine MS. of the Shawáhidu'n-Nubuwwa ("Evidences of Prophethood")
composed by Mullá Núru'd-Din 'Abdu'r Rahmán Jámi in 885/1480-1, a date
indicated by the chronogram 5 ("I completed it") in some verses at the end of
the book, beginning: كه وصف تمامی گرفت این مقال
لك الحمد والشكر يا ذا الجلال كه تممته بود تاریخ سال
در آن وقتم اتمام آن دست داد For a brief account of the contents of this work, see my Persian Literature
under Tarlar Dominion, pp. 512-513, and Rieu's Persian Catalogue, p. 146. Ff. 271 of 24'2 x 18'5 c. and 17 ll.; fine, large, clear naskh within gold and
blue lines; undated, but transcribed before 970/1562-3, when, according to the
following note on f. 271, it or its owner had the honour of "kissing the hands" of
Sultán Sulaymán "the Magnificent" at Kútáhiya in Asia Minor: در سیزدهم ماه ذی القعده سنه ۱۷۰ در محروسه کوتاهیه بشرفِ دستبوسی حضرت سلطان
عالمیان عمده سلاطین زمان زبده خواقینِ آلِ عثمان مشرف و مستسعد شديم والحمد لله على
ذلك وأصلّى وأسلم على سيدنا محمد وآله وصحبه والسلام حرر فى ثالث عشر شهر ذي القعدة
الحرام لسنة سبعين وتسعمائة ، I bought the MS. for £3. 10s. od. from Naaman of Baghdád on May 7, 1903.
composed by Mullá Núru'd-Din 'Abdu'r Rahmán Jámi in 885/1480-1, a date
indicated by the chronogram 5 ("I completed it") in some verses at the end of
the book, beginning: كه وصف تمامی گرفت این مقال
لك الحمد والشكر يا ذا الجلال كه تممته بود تاریخ سال
در آن وقتم اتمام آن دست داد For a brief account of the contents of this work, see my Persian Literature
under Tarlar Dominion, pp. 512-513, and Rieu's Persian Catalogue, p. 146. Ff. 271 of 24'2 x 18'5 c. and 17 ll.; fine, large, clear naskh within gold and
blue lines; undated, but transcribed before 970/1562-3, when, according to the
following note on f. 271, it or its owner had the honour of "kissing the hands" of
Sultán Sulaymán "the Magnificent" at Kútáhiya in Asia Minor: در سیزدهم ماه ذی القعده سنه ۱۷۰ در محروسه کوتاهیه بشرفِ دستبوسی حضرت سلطان
عالمیان عمده سلاطین زمان زبده خواقینِ آلِ عثمان مشرف و مستسعد شديم والحمد لله على
ذلك وأصلّى وأسلم على سيدنا محمد وآله وصحبه والسلام حرر فى ثالث عشر شهر ذي القعدة
الحرام لسنة سبعين وتسعمائة ، I bought the MS. for £3. 10s. od. from Naaman of Baghdád on May 7, 1903.
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 271
Dimensions: 24.2 × 18.5 cm.
Layout
17 lines
Hand(s)
fine, large, clear naskh within gold and blue lines
History
Origin: Undated, written before 970 AH; Undated, written before 1662 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
I bought the MS. for £3. 10s. od. from Naaman of Baghdád on May 7, 1903.
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.
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