Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

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.

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

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC


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