F. 41 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: المعات الأزل Another work of Subh-i-Azal's in Arabic, entitled Lama'át ("Flashes"), in 28
sections (corresponding to the number of letters in the Arabic alphabet), written
"in the style of Ayat" (verses of the Qur'an), and beginning: بسم الله الأحد الفرد القديم تلك آيات بينات ورحمة من ربك لأن يهدى النّاس بآيات الله ويكون الذين آمنوا في دين الله من الشاكرين Ff. 414 of 12'8 x 10 c. and 18 ll.; copied by Subh-i-Azal's son Ridwán 'Ali in
his usual large, clear naskh, and dated only in the Bábí fashion "the night of the
sixth of the month of Jamál of the Bayání months in the year 45." الدور الأيد في ليلة العشرين و من الكور ١٣ I have omitted to note the date when the MS. was received.
sections (corresponding to the number of letters in the Arabic alphabet), written
"in the style of Ayat" (verses of the Qur'an), and beginning: بسم الله الأحد الفرد القديم تلك آيات بينات ورحمة من ربك لأن يهدى النّاس بآيات الله ويكون الذين آمنوا في دين الله من الشاكرين Ff. 414 of 12'8 x 10 c. and 18 ll.; copied by Subh-i-Azal's son Ridwán 'Ali in
his usual large, clear naskh, and dated only in the Bábí fashion "the night of the
sixth of the month of Jamál of the Bayání months in the year 45." الدور الأيد في ليلة العشرين و من الكور ١٣ I have omitted to note the date when the MS. was received.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 414
Dimensions: 12.8 × 10 cm.
Layout
18 lines
Hand(s)
Usual large, clear naskh.
History
Origin: Dated only in the Bābī fashion
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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