F. 53 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: هشت بهشت I This important work, the Hasht Bihisht, or "Eight Paradises," is fully described
in my Catalogue and Description of 27 Bábí Manuscripts, pp. 680-697. Vol. 1 deals
with the philosophy and theory of the Báb's doctrines, vol. II with its practice and
certain matters connected with the history of the sect, especially the quarrel between
Bahá'u'llah and Subh-i-Azal, the author (whose identity is uncertain) being a violent
partisan of the latter. This is one of the most interesting of the later Bábí books,
and was probably written by Shaykh Ahmad Rúhi of Kirmán, or his friend and
fellow-sufferer Mírzá Áqá Khán of Kirmán, or by both in conjunction. This copy
was made for me by the former in 1891.
in my Catalogue and Description of 27 Bábí Manuscripts, pp. 680-697. Vol. 1 deals
with the philosophy and theory of the Báb's doctrines, vol. II with its practice and
certain matters connected with the history of the sect, especially the quarrel between
Bahá'u'llah and Subh-i-Azal, the author (whose identity is uncertain) being a violent
partisan of the latter. This is one of the most interesting of the later Bábí books,
and was probably written by Shaykh Ahmad Rúhi of Kirmán, or his friend and
fellow-sufferer Mírzá Áqá Khán of Kirmán, or by both in conjunction. This copy
was made for me by the former in 1891.
1.
Title: Hasht bihist
Title: هشت بهشت
Language(s): Persian
References
See sub classmark BBF. 1 in Browne's "Catalogue and Description of 27 Bābī Manuscripts (Continuation)", in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (Oct., 1892): 637-710.
2.
Title: Hasht bihist
Title: هشت بهشت
Language(s): Persian
References
See sub classmark BBF. 2 in Browne's "Catalogue and Description of 27 Bābī Manuscripts (Continuation)", in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (Oct., 1892): 637-710.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 2
Dimensions: × cm.
Layout
lines
History
Origin: undated AH; Gregorian CE
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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