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1 copy of Makhzan al-islām by Darvezah, Ak̲h̲ūnd, 1533 or 1534-1638 or 1639

Author: Darvezah, Ak̲h̲ūnd, 1533 or 1534-1638 or 1639 آخوند بابا
Title: Makhzan al-islām
Title: مخزن الاسلام

A compendium of the Muslim faith and religious observances. Text begins on f.3a. ff. 1,2, 159b, and 160 and the endpapers contain fragments of other manusripts

Incipit: الحمد لله الغنى الذى افتقر الحيوانات باسرهم الى التفهيم بينهم من احوال ضمائرهم ثم اخص الانسان باافتقار الى ذلك لكونه حاملا لوديعة الله تعالى
Language(s): Pushto with Persian titles and prefaces

References

Mackenzie no.4

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 160 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 20.5 × 14 cm.

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History

Origin: 18th century CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on James Fuller Blumhardt and D.N MacKenzie : Catalogue of Pashto manuscripts in the British Isles, 1965.

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