CODRINGTON/READE NO 1. BOX 1. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)

Persian Manuscripts

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Manhaj al-sadiqin fi ilzam al-mukhalifin. Vol. 1 by Kāshānī, Fatḥ Allāh ibn Shukr Allāh, d. 1570 or 71

Author: Kāshānī, Fatḥ Allāh ibn Shukr Allāh, d. 1570 or 71

Title: Manhaj al-sadiqin fi ilzam al-mukhalifin. Vol. 1.

Title: Qur'anic commentary. Covers suras 1-3. (From Storey. Not checked.)

Not in Morley Printed Catalogue. Front flyleaf gives title: Tafsir-i Kabir-i Fath Allah babat-i? [na'ib-i?] Shaikh Baha' al-Din. Also has pencilled note giving title and number. Some rubrication.

Language(s): Persian.

References

Storey, i, pp. 15-17.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: Folios 347

Dimensions (leaf): 14

Condition

Defective at beginning. Some worm .

Layout

29 lines on a page

Hand(s)

Nasta'liq with some shikasta forms. From the same set as CODRINGTON/READE NO 2, and by the same copyist, Mu'in al-Din Muhammad. Mu'in al-Din Muhammad

Binding

European cloth and board binding by Whitelaw and Fensham, Tudor Street, E.C. Paper label on spine: Persian 1.

History

Origin: Vol. V of the set, (No 2), is dated 3 Safar A.H 1107/A.D.

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by Major David Price.

Availability

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