F. 42 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: نغمات الروح ( الجلد الثاني) Vol. II of Subh-i-Azal's Naghamátu'r-Rúḥ ("Songs of the Spirit"), also copied
for me in August or September, 1896, by Ridwán 'Ali, whose accompanying letter
(undated) is bound in the volume. Begins: بسمه الباقى الملك الديموم المستعان الحمد لله ممسك السماء بقدرته ومسكن الأرض بمشيته ومرفع الجبال بعزته ومشهق الآكام بقوته
ومجرى البحور بحكمته وخالق النفوس بديموميته الخ Ff. 152 of 18'5 x 13'2 c. and 14 ll; large, clear naskh, unpointed; dated caly
in the Bábí fashion "the day of Istijlál, the fifteenth of the month of God an-Núr,
in the forty-fourth year of the years which God hath determined in the Bayán," etc.
for me in August or September, 1896, by Ridwán 'Ali, whose accompanying letter
(undated) is bound in the volume. Begins: بسمه الباقى الملك الديموم المستعان الحمد لله ممسك السماء بقدرته ومسكن الأرض بمشيته ومرفع الجبال بعزته ومشهق الآكام بقوته
ومجرى البحور بحكمته وخالق النفوس بديموميته الخ Ff. 152 of 18'5 x 13'2 c. and 14 ll; large, clear naskh, unpointed; dated caly
in the Bábí fashion "the day of Istijlál, the fifteenth of the month of God an-Núr,
in the forty-fourth year of the years which God hath determined in the Bayán," etc.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 152
Dimensions: 18.5 × 13.2 cm.
Layout
14 11 lines
Hand(s)
large, clear naskh, unpointed
History
Origin: 1313 AH; 1896 CE 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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