MS. S. Digby Or. 67 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Simon Digby Oriental Collection
Contents
1 copy of Ruqʻāt-i Amān Allāh Ḥusaynī by Amān Allāh Khānah-zād Khān
Title: Ruqʻāt-i Amān Allāh Ḥusaynī
Title: رقعات أمان الله حسيني
Incipit: حمد وافر مر خدايرا
Short examples of elegant personal correspondence.
Language(s): Persian
References
Storey III, pt. 2, No. 450.
E.I.O, 1763(7), 2934.
Rieu, 877.
Bahar, 270(2).
Pertsch, 129.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: ff. 32
Dimensions (leaf): 21.7 × 15.1 cm.
Dimensions (written):
Layout
Hand(s)
Taʻlīq - Shikastah-āmīz
Binding
Cloth and boards.
History
Origin: 15th Shaʻbān 1214 AH; 12th January 1800 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Seals of Muḥammad Khān, 1226/1811-12, and Aḥmad Ḥusayn, 1282/1865-66.
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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