MS. S. Digby Or. 175 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Taʼrīkh-i Waṣṣāf by Vaṣṣāf al-Ḥaz̤rat, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Faz̤l Allāh, 1264 or 5-1329?
Author: Vaṣṣāf al-Ḥaz̤rat, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Faz̤l Allāh, 1264 or 5-1329? ʻAbd Allāh ibn Faḍl Allāh Waṣṣāf عبد الله بن فضل الله وصّاف
Title: Taʼrīkh-i Waṣṣāf
Title: تأريخ وصّاف
Title: Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-aʻṣār
Title: تجزية الأمصار وتزجية الأعصار
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمٰن الرحيم حمد ستایشی که انوار اخلاصش آفاق و انفس را چون فاتحه صبح صادق متلالي سازد
Explicit: در ظعن و اقامت و سلم و حرب رفيق و همنشين كردد ولا يتّبعهم همّ يشين انشاء الله تعالي وحده العزيز
Colophon: تم المجلّد الثّاني ويتلوه الثّالث كما يتلو المثاني غفيت المثالث

Mujallads I and II only. II begins f. 74b.

Language(s): Persian

References

For other copies, see: Storey No. 344, p. 267.
For other Bodleian copies, see: Bodleian Ethé 147.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff. 127
Dimensions (leaf): 28.2 × 16.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 22 × 12 in.

Layout

Hand(s)

Naskh

Binding

Bound in blue marbled paper over boards with spine and corner trim. Cover damaged by worming and flaking.

History

Origin: n.d. [9th-10th century] AH; n.d. [15th-16th century] CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Sir Richard Burn collection.

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.

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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