CODRINGTON/READE NO 36. BOX 16. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Rawdat al-Safa. Vol. III by Mīr Khvānd, Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh, 1433-1498
Title: Rawdat al-Safa. Vol. III.
Front flyleaf, recto: Presented by Sir John Malcolm May 19. 1827. Part of the same work as Codrington/Reade No 29. Headings and punctuation in red.
Incipit: Incipit as Codrington/Reade No 35.
Language(s): Persian.
References
As for Codrington/Reade No 29.
For Malcolm's gift see the Donations Register for 19 May 1827 and the Transactions for 1830, pp. xcix-c.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: Folios 204
Dimensions (leaf): 11.25 × 6.25 in.
Layout
24 lines on a page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq. Ibn Ganj 'Ali al-Hafiz Muhammad Rida
Binding
Red leather Oriental binding with tooled panels.
History
Origin: 16 Safar A.H. 1079. (A.D. 1685)
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