F. 49 (University Library, Cambridge University)

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E. G. Browne Collection

Summary of Contents: کلمات بیانیه Kalimat-i-Bayaniyya, consisting of Arabic súras, each bearing a special title
(Siratu l-Baydn, Saratu'n-Nuqta, Süratul-Qistas, etc.), in imitation of the Qar'ds.
Groups of letters, such as sl, are prefixed to some of them. They appear to
consist entirely of pious rhapsodies and to contain no material of historical or
doctrinal importance. Ff. 682 of 19 x 12 c. and 14 ll., large, clear naskh, unpointed; dated at end
5 Dhu'l-Qa'da, 1312/30 April, 1895, with the corresponding Bábí dates: 1 كور ۱۶ دوره حروف ۹ بيانية ٤٧ كلمات ١٢ One of Mr W. J. Ansell's letters is pasted in at the end of the volume.

Author: Ṣubḥ-i Azal, d. 1912 صبح ازل

Title: Kalimāt bayānīyah

Title: كلمات بيانية

Title: Arabic suras in imitation of the Qurʼān

Language(s): Arabic

Author: W. J. Ansell

Title: Letter pasted in to the volume

Language(s): English

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: Ff. 682

Dimensions: 19 × 12 cm.

Layout

14 lines

Hand(s)

Large, clear naskh, unpointed

History

Origin: 1312 AH; 1895 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

One of Mr W. J. Ansell's letters is pasted in at the end of the volume.

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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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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