F. 36 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: Another copy of the same Diwánu'l-Azal, followed by another of Subh-i-Azal's
writings entitled Sahifa-i-Wajdiyya, both in Arabic, copied for me in instalments
between August, 1896, and May, 1897, by Azal's son Riḍwán 'Alí. The Diwán,
which fills ff. 2-382, is incomplete, and breaks off abruptly at a point corresponding
to f. 297, 1. 7 of the MS. (F. 37), to be next mentioned. The Sahifa, in the same
handwriting but on different paper, white instead of blue, and of a better quality,
comprises 40 ff., and ends with the following colophon, dated only according to the
Bábí computation: قد تمت هذه الصحيفة الجليلة وهى اسمها وجديّة وكانت خطب النكاحية في ليل السابع والعشر من شهر القدرة في بيانية
سمك ۳۱۲۵۳۱۱۳۷۶ كتبه الحقير الفقير رضوانعلی ۵۳۳۱۶۸۵ The whole MS. comprises 422 ff. of 20'6 x 12'5 c. and 14 ll., and is written
throughout in a large, clear maskk, unpointed. At the end are bound in three
Persian letters from Riḍwán Alí, one received on Sept. 29, 1896, another in May.
1897, and the third undated; and a letter in English from the late Mr C. D. Cob-
ham, dated Larnaca, Nov. 18, 1896.
writings entitled Sahifa-i-Wajdiyya, both in Arabic, copied for me in instalments
between August, 1896, and May, 1897, by Azal's son Riḍwán 'Alí. The Diwán,
which fills ff. 2-382, is incomplete, and breaks off abruptly at a point corresponding
to f. 297, 1. 7 of the MS. (F. 37), to be next mentioned. The Sahifa, in the same
handwriting but on different paper, white instead of blue, and of a better quality,
comprises 40 ff., and ends with the following colophon, dated only according to the
Bábí computation: قد تمت هذه الصحيفة الجليلة وهى اسمها وجديّة وكانت خطب النكاحية في ليل السابع والعشر من شهر القدرة في بيانية
سمك ۳۱۲۵۳۱۱۳۷۶ كتبه الحقير الفقير رضوانعلی ۵۳۳۱۶۸۵ The whole MS. comprises 422 ff. of 20'6 x 12'5 c. and 14 ll., and is written
throughout in a large, clear maskk, unpointed. At the end are bound in three
Persian letters from Riḍwán Alí, one received on Sept. 29, 1896, another in May.
1897, and the third undated; and a letter in English from the late Mr C. D. Cob-
ham, dated Larnaca, Nov. 18, 1896.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 422
Dimensions: 20.6 × 12.5 cm.
Layout
14 lines
Hand(s)
The manuscript is written throughout in a large, clear naskh, unpointed.
History
Origin: 1304-05 AH; 1896-97 CE 1304-05 AH; 1896-97 CE 1304 AH; 1896 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
At the end are bound in three Persian letters from Riḍwán Alí, one received on Sept. 29, 1896, another in May. 1897, and the third undated; and a letter in English from the late Mr C. D. Cobham, dated Larnaca, Nov. 18, 1896.
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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