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1 copy of Sayr al-manāzil by Mirzā Sangīn Bayg, active 1818-1820

Author: Mirzā Sangīn Bayg, active 1818-1820 Aṣghar ʻAlī Bīg ibn ʻAlī Akbar Bīg میرزا سنگین بیگ اصغر علی بیگ ابن علی اکبر بیگ
Title: Sayr al-manāzil
Title: سير المنازل
Incipit: معماری كه با معماری کن وجود
Language(s): Persian

References

Storey II D. No. 232

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff.82
Dimensions (leaf): 33.4 × 21 cm.
Dimensions (written):

Layout

Hand(s)

Calligraphic Nastaʻlīq with naskh and attempts to reproduce the original forms of incriptions, some diagrammatic; rubrics; paginated 164 pages; 82 folios; numerous marginal collations and corrections by the same scribe, evidently working under the direction of a patron; European type paper: watermarked “Allybhoy Gyebally and co, Sutar Chawl, Bombay” and “The Emperor Edward the Peacemaker” beneath a remarkable coat of arms, with a portrait of the King-Emperor Edward VII blazoned on the escutcheon, and supporters, a Maratha chieftain and a Rajput chieftain.

Binding

half leather binding

History

Origin: c. 1910 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Phillips, Son and Neale, April 1966

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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