C. 11 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: تلخيص المقال (الأقوال) في تحقيق احوال الرجال A Biographical Dictionary of Shi'a traditionists, entitled Talkhil-Magál (or
-Aqwál) fi tahqiqi aḥwáli'r-Rijál, by Mírzá Muḥammad ibn 'Ali ibn Ibráhím
al-Astarábádí, who wrote it in 988/1580. See Rieu's British Museum Arabic
Supplement, Nos. 634-635; Brockelmann, vol. II, p. 385; Kashful-Hujub, p. 138,
No. 680. Ff. 250 of 25'7 x 13 c. and 25 ll.; legible naskh with rubrications and many
marginal notes; transcribed in 1053/1643. This MS. also was acquired at the
third partition of the Belshah MSS. in the spring of 1920.
-Aqwál) fi tahqiqi aḥwáli'r-Rijál, by Mírzá Muḥammad ibn 'Ali ibn Ibráhím
al-Astarábádí, who wrote it in 988/1580. See Rieu's British Museum Arabic
Supplement, Nos. 634-635; Brockelmann, vol. II, p. 385; Kashful-Hujub, p. 138,
No. 680. Ff. 250 of 25'7 x 13 c. and 25 ll.; legible naskh with rubrications and many
marginal notes; transcribed in 1053/1643. This MS. also was acquired at the
third partition of the Belshah MSS. in the spring of 1920.
Language(s): Arabic
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 250
Dimensions: 25.7 × 13 cm.
Layout
25 lines
Hand(s)
legible naskh with rubrications and many marginal notes
History
Origin: 1053 AH; 1643 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
This MS. also was acquired at the third partition of the Belshah MSS. in the spring of 1920.
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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