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1 copy of Baḥr-i mawwāj by Dawlatābādī, Aḥmad ibn ʻUmar, -1445 or 1446

Author: Dawlatābādī, Aḥmad ibn ʻUmar, -1445 or 1446 Shihāb al-Dīn Dawlatābādī الدولتآبادي، أحمد بن عمر، ت. 849 ه شهاب الدين دولت آبادى
Title: Baḥr-i mawwāj
Title: بحر موّاج

Part of a commentary on the Qur'an, from Q.3:165 - end of Q.6.

Incipit: قل هو من عند أنفسكم
Colophon:
Language(s): Persian

References

Storey, I, p.10, no.16.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff. 323
Dimensions (leaf): 26.2 × 16 cm.
Dimensions (written):

Layout

Hand(s)

Old Indian Taʻlīq

Binding

Dark red Oriental leather, with olive green floral insets and Mughal floral design, pasted on modern dark leather and respined (Antony Wesley Bookbinders, 1973).

History

Origin: n.d. [15th century] CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Sotheby and Co., 25th November 1968.

The collections of Mr. Simon Digby.

Donated to the Bodleian Libraries by the Trustees of the Simon Digby Memorial Charity, April 2015.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on handlist of Simon Digby with additional enhancements by the Fihrist team.

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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