C. 12 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: كتاب الرجال An anonymous and untitled Kitábu'r-Rijál, or Dictionary of persons, both men
and women, who transmitted traditions from the Prophet and the Imáms. After
the very brief doxology it begins: ... اما بعد فانى قد اجبْتُ الى ما تكرّر سؤال الشيخ الفاضل فيه من جمع كتاب يشتمل على اسماء الرجال الذين رووا عن النبي ص وعن الأئمة عليهم السلام من بعده الى زمن القايم عثم
اذكر بعد ذلك من تأخر زمانه عن الأئمة عليهم السلام من رواة الحديث او من عاصرهم ولم يرو
عنهم وأرتب ذلك على حروف المعجم التى أوّلها الهمزة وآخرها الياء ليقرب على ملتمسه طلبه
ويسهل عليه حفظه الخ the The book is divided into a number of unnumbered chapters, each dealing with
persons who transmitted traditions first from the Prophet and afterwards from each of the Imams, and the names in each chapter are arranged alphabetically, a
mere list without any particulars. A brief table of contents has been prefixed by
Mírzá Bihrúz, formerly Persian Lecturer at Cambridge. Pp. 258 of 21 x 12'6 c. and 15 ll.; small and fairly clear nasta'liq with rubri-
cations; dated Rabi' 1, 1283/July-Aug., 1866. One of the Belshah MSS. bought
in November, 1920.
and women, who transmitted traditions from the Prophet and the Imáms. After
the very brief doxology it begins: ... اما بعد فانى قد اجبْتُ الى ما تكرّر سؤال الشيخ الفاضل فيه من جمع كتاب يشتمل على اسماء الرجال الذين رووا عن النبي ص وعن الأئمة عليهم السلام من بعده الى زمن القايم عثم
اذكر بعد ذلك من تأخر زمانه عن الأئمة عليهم السلام من رواة الحديث او من عاصرهم ولم يرو
عنهم وأرتب ذلك على حروف المعجم التى أوّلها الهمزة وآخرها الياء ليقرب على ملتمسه طلبه
ويسهل عليه حفظه الخ the The book is divided into a number of unnumbered chapters, each dealing with
persons who transmitted traditions first from the Prophet and afterwards from each of the Imams, and the names in each chapter are arranged alphabetically, a
mere list without any particulars. A brief table of contents has been prefixed by
Mírzá Bihrúz, formerly Persian Lecturer at Cambridge. Pp. 258 of 21 x 12'6 c. and 15 ll.; small and fairly clear nasta'liq with rubri-
cations; dated Rabi' 1, 1283/July-Aug., 1866. One of the Belshah MSS. bought
in November, 1920.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 258
Dimensions: 21 × 12.6 cm.
Layout
15 lines
Hand(s)
Small and fairly clear nasta'liq with rubrications
History
Origin: 1283 AH; 1866 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
One of the Belshah MSS. bought in November, 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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