Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

F. 44 (University Library, Cambridge University)

E. G. Browne Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: کتاب طوبی A Persian poem of some seven thousand verses composed in imitation of the
Mathnawi by Subh-i-Azal, and entitled Kitáb-i-Túbà. A full table of contents
(ff. 6-13") is prefixed. Begins:
این نوای جان و این آواز من
نطق جان بشنو از دستان ساز من
Pp. 588 of 19'2x15 c. and 13 ll.; clear, large talig with rubrications; copied by
Ridwán Alí and completed on March 11, 1897, and given to me by Mr C. D.
Cobham in August, 1906. See my Materials, pp. 215-216.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Pp. 588
Dimensions: 19.2 × 15 cm.

Layout

13 lines

Hand(s)

Clear, large taliq with rubrications

History

Origin: 1314 AH; 1897 CE Dated only in the Bābī fashion.

Provenance and Acquisition

Given to me by Mr C. D. Cobham in August, 1906. See my Materials, pp. 215-216.

Bequest of E. G. Browne.

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC


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