Or 12995 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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1 copy of ‘Ajā’ib al-buldān by Mīr Khvānd, Muhammad ibn Khāvandshāh

Author: Mīr Khvānd, Muhammad ibn Khāvandshāh مير خواند، محمد بن خاوند شاه
Title: ‘Ajā’ib al-buldān
Title: عجائب البلدان

Selected passages from the Rawz̤at al-ṣafā روضة الصفاء of Mīr Khvānd which deals with the marvels of creation compiled for the Vizier of Bisṭām, copied by Ibn Muḥammad Ghulām ‘Alī Shīrāzī ابن محمد غلام علی شیرازی

Line drawings one of which bears the date 1290

This may well by the true date of transcription with a copy of the original colophon

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 49.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 114 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 20.8 × 14.8 cm.

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History

Origin: 1290 AH

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.

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