F. 6 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: محمد کریم خان
كريم
المنتخب للحاج A small Arabic treatise on supererogatory prayers and other religious obligations,
etc., entitled al-Muntakhab ("the Select") by Hájjí Muhammad Karim (or perhaps
his son), the head of the later Shaykhí school after the breaking away of the Bábis,
beginning: الله الرحمن الرحيم وسلام على آل ابرهيم
بسم و بعد يقول العبد الأثيم محمد بن محمد كريم على الله عنيها إلى وجدت الأوعية المأثورة
عن اهل العصمة كثيرة وكتب الأصحاب بها مشحونة الخ The author speaks of Sayyid Kázim of Rasht as our most learned Lord and
Master" (f. 22), and quotes a prayer of his (ff. 44 et seqq.). The tract comprises
seven chapters. This MS. was given to me in Kirmán in the summer of 1888, and comprises
80 ff. of 10.8 x 6'5 c. and 12 ll. It is written in a small, neat naskh with rubrications
and numerous marginal notes and glosses in Arabic and Persian, and was copied
in 1296/1879.
كريم
المنتخب للحاج A small Arabic treatise on supererogatory prayers and other religious obligations,
etc., entitled al-Muntakhab ("the Select") by Hájjí Muhammad Karim (or perhaps
his son), the head of the later Shaykhí school after the breaking away of the Bábis,
beginning: الله الرحمن الرحيم وسلام على آل ابرهيم
بسم و بعد يقول العبد الأثيم محمد بن محمد كريم على الله عنيها إلى وجدت الأوعية المأثورة
عن اهل العصمة كثيرة وكتب الأصحاب بها مشحونة الخ The author speaks of Sayyid Kázim of Rasht as our most learned Lord and
Master" (f. 22), and quotes a prayer of his (ff. 44 et seqq.). The tract comprises
seven chapters. This MS. was given to me in Kirmán in the summer of 1888, and comprises
80 ff. of 10.8 x 6'5 c. and 12 ll. It is written in a small, neat naskh with rubrications
and numerous marginal notes and glosses in Arabic and Persian, and was copied
in 1296/1879.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 80
Dimensions: 10.8 × 6.5 cm.
Layout
12 lines
Hand(s)
A small, neat naskh with rubrications and numerous marginal notes and glosses in Arabic and Persian
History
Origin: 1296 AH; 1879 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
This MS. was given to E. G. Browne in Kirmán in the summer of 1888
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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