Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Or 8380 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Oriental Manuscripts

Contents

1 copy of Fuṣūl-i mansūb by Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn al-Nu‘mān al-Baghdādī al-Mufīd

A collection of aphorisms (majālis)

On the margins of f. 3v-51r there is an Arabic-Persian vocabulary entitled Javāhir-i kunūz-i lughāt ( جواهر کنوز لغات by ‘Abd al-Khāliq ibn Ma‘rūf. It appears an abbreviation of Kanz al-lughāt ( كنزاللغات )

Language(s): Persian and Arabic

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page p. 6.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 288 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 25.4 × 16.5 cm.

History

Origin: 18th century CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.

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