Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Or 15272 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Oriental Manuscripts

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1 copy of Vaqfnāmah by ʻḤusayn I, Shah of Iran, 1668-1726

Author: ʻḤusayn I, Shah of Iran, 1668-1726 شاه سلطان حسىن صفوى
Title: Vaqfnāmah

A vaqf deed of Shah Ḥusayn I Ṣafavī (reg. 1105/1694 to 1135/1722), endowing a garden in Qazvīn (Iran) and the profits from its produce for the benefit of a hospital in that city

Title has been supplied by Waley 1998, page 25.

Three of the folios are perhaps replacements

Language(s): Mostly in Persian but for Arabic at the beginning and end of the text

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 25.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 14 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 18 × 11 cm.

History

Origin: Iran; 1118 AH

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on M. I. Waley: Supplementary handlist of Persian manuscripts, 1966-1998. London, 1998

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