F. 20 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: Another Arabic Bábí book of the same type as the last, but not arranged in
Wakids. The chapters vary greatly in length. Each begins with the Bismillah,
but the Divine Attributes following this formula vary in each case. The MS. has
no title, note of acquisition, or colophon, and begins: بسم الله الرّحمن المنّان السلطان المستعان سبحان الذي خلق السموات والأرض وما بينهما بأمره كن فيكون، ألخ Ff. 111 of 20×12'5 c. and 19 ll., written in a neat and legible naskh. The MS.
appears to have been acquired on April 2, 1922.
Wakids. The chapters vary greatly in length. Each begins with the Bismillah,
but the Divine Attributes following this formula vary in each case. The MS. has
no title, note of acquisition, or colophon, and begins: بسم الله الرّحمن المنّان السلطان المستعان سبحان الذي خلق السموات والأرض وما بينهما بأمره كن فيكون، ألخ Ff. 111 of 20×12'5 c. and 19 ll., written in a neat and legible naskh. The MS.
appears to have been acquired on April 2, 1922.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 111
Dimensions: 20 × 12.5 cm.
Layout
19 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a neat and legible naskh.
History
Origin: undated
Provenance and Acquisition
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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