Or 5849 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Kitāb-i Ṣaydanah by Al-Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 973-1048
Translator: Translator: Abū Bakr ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Us̲mān Asfar al-Kāshānī ابو بکر ابن علی ابن عثمان اسفر الکاشانی
Title: Kitāb-i Ṣaydanah
Title: کتاب صیدنه
Title: صیدنۀ ابو ریحان بیرونی
On the nature and properties of plants
Translated into Persian during the reign of Sultan Iletmish
It bears the stamp of the Kings of Oudh
Language(s): Persian
References
Meredith-Owens 1968, page 27.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 175 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 23.5 × 17.4 cm.
History
Origin: 1190 AH
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.
Availability
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