MS. Whinfield 52 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts Whinfield Collection

1 copy of Shajarah-i Ṭayyibah by Qamar al-Dīn ʻAlī ibn Sanā Allāh

Author: Qamar al-Dīn ʻAlī ibn Sanā Allāh قمر الدین علی بن سنا الله Minnat منت

Incipit: الحمد لله الذي جعل كلمة طيبة كشجرة طيبة اصلها ثابت . . . اما بعد التماس مينمايد قمر الدين على متخلص بمنت بن سنا الله . . . كه از بدو صبح شعور

Language(s): Persian

References

BP 2498

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 128 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 7⅝ × 4¾ in.

Layout

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq mixed with Shikastah

History

Origin: n.d.

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Sir Edward Henry Whinfield, d. 1922.

The Whinfield manuscripts were bequeathed to the Indian Institute, Oxford, in 1922, and later transferred to the Bodleian Library.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953

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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World