Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

F. 52 (University Library, Cambridge University)

E. G. Browne Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: اللواحظ والتقائهم Another similar Arabic work entitled al-Lawáhi wa'n-Nafá iḥ, comprising 506
chapters or súras. The last of these ends on f. 213b with the same series of
numerals as the two preceding MSS., except that at the end the letters JJ are
substituted for arr. This is followed by a short piece apparently commemorating
the death on Muharram 24, 1329/Jan. 25, 1911, of a Bábí woman related to Subh-i-
Azal, and beginning:
بسم الله الأقرب الأوسع، ذكر كتاب للورقة التى رفعت الى الله ورجعت الى ربها في ليلة ٢٤
محرم ذلك اليوم شما وقضت أيامها وكان الأمر فى شأنها من لدى الله مقضيا

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 214
Dimensions: 20 × 12.7 cm.

Layout

15 lines

Hand(s)

Large, clear naskh

History

Origin: 1329 AH; 1910 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

1859

Bequest of E. G. Browne.

Record Sources

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC


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