E. 7 (University Library, Cambridge University)

E. G. Browne Collection

Summary of Contents: This MS., which was given to me at Constantinople by Dr Ridá Tawfiq in
April, 1908, comprises 277 pp. of 15'7x10'8 c. and 15 ll., is written in a very poor
ta'liq, dated (on p. 186) the middle of Sha'bán, 1133/June, 1721, and contains two
Persian Hurúfi poems, the Qiyámat-náma (pp. 1-186) and the Tawhid-náma
(pp. 1-84), both by Fadlu'lláh's Khalifa al 'Ali al-A'ld. The first begins: قيامة نامة على اعلا کردیم که اوست هادی راه
آغاز سخن ز فضل الله از فضل خدا بجوى توفيق
ای طالب راه حق بتحقيق توحيد نامه على الاعلا The second begins: حمد و شکر کاشف اسرارها
بود واجب در جميع كارها
بر همه واجب براء او سجود
پادشاه صورت و معنی که بود

1. ff. 1b-20a

Author: Faḍl Allāh Khalīfah al-ʻAlī al-Aʻlá فضل الله خليفة العلي الاعلى

Title: Qiyāmatʹnāmah

Title: قيامه نامه

Language(s): Persian

2. ff. 21a-120a

Author: Faḍl Allāh Khalīfah al-ʻAlī al-Aʻlá فضل الله خليفة العلي الاعلى

Title: Tawḥīdʹnāmah

Title: توحيد نامه

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: 277 pp.

Dimensions: 15.7 × 10.8 cm.

Layout

15 lines

Hand(s)

very poor ta'liq

History

Origin: 1133 AH; 1721 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

given to me by Rıza Tevfik, 1869?-1949 in April, 1908

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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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

E. 7 (University Library, Cambridge University)

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