Or. 2217 (University Library, Cambridge University)

Oriental Manuscripts

1 copy of Sharḥ ḥikmat al-ʻayn by Mīrzā Jān, Ḥabīb Allāh, d. 1586?

Author: Mīrzā Jān, Ḥabīb Allāh, d. 1586? ميرزا جان، حبيب الله

Language(s): Arabic

References

Commentary on Ḥikmat al-ʻayn حكمة العين by Qazwīnī, ʻAbd al-Ghaffār ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm, d. 1266 or 7 القزويني، عبد الغفار بن عبد الكريم

Physical Description

Form: other

Extent: 226 folios

Dimensions (leaf): 25,9 × 14,5 cm.

Dimensions (written): 18,2

Layout

Hand(s)

Naskh, black ink

Decoration

Frames coloured in black, yellow, and green

Binding

Modern binding in leather decoraed with central lobe in the shape of a tree-leave

History

Origin: 1112 AH; 1700 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought from Dr. Shāhīn A. al-Aʻsam by the managers of the Browne Fund E.G. Browne,1862-1926.

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

Subjects

Islamic philosophy--Early works to 1800

Comments

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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World