D. 3 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: مرصاد العباد من المبدا الى المعاد. A fine old copy of the Mirsada l-Ibád of Najmu'd-Din Dáya, who completed
it at Síwás in Asia Minor in Rajab 620/1223. See Rieu's Persian Catalogue,
pp. 38-39. In this MS. the author's name is given as follows (f. 231a): ابو بكر بن عبد الله بن محمّد بن شاها وور الاسدي الرازي This beautiful old MS. was transcribed in Cairo and finished on 10 Jumádà 11,
768/11 Feb., 1367, by Hájji Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Sa'd an-Nakhjuwání.
It contains 233 ff. of 25 x 18 c. and 17 ll.; large, clear naskh with rubrications.
This was one of 47 MSS. bought of the late Hájjí 'Abdu'l-Majid Belshah in
January, 1920.
it at Síwás in Asia Minor in Rajab 620/1223. See Rieu's Persian Catalogue,
pp. 38-39. In this MS. the author's name is given as follows (f. 231a): ابو بكر بن عبد الله بن محمّد بن شاها وور الاسدي الرازي This beautiful old MS. was transcribed in Cairo and finished on 10 Jumádà 11,
768/11 Feb., 1367, by Hájji Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Sa'd an-Nakhjuwání.
It contains 233 ff. of 25 x 18 c. and 17 ll.; large, clear naskh with rubrications.
This was one of 47 MSS. bought of the late Hájjí 'Abdu'l-Majid Belshah in
January, 1920.
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 233
Dimensions: 25 × 18 cm.
Layout
17 lines
Hand(s)
Large, clear naskh with rubrications.
History
Origin: 768 AH; 1367 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
This was one of 47 MSS. bought of the late Hájjí 'Abdu'l-Majid Belshah in January, 1920.
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.
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