F. 7 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: صحيفة بين الحرمين This Sahifat bayna' l-Haramayu, or "Tracs [revealed] between the two [Holy]
Shrines" is one of the earliest writings of Mírzá 'Ali Muhammad the Báb. It is in
Arabic, is addressed to Hájjí Sayyid Alí of Kirmán, and begins after the Bismillah: ان هذا كتاب قد نزل على الأرض المقدسة بين الحرمين من لدن على حكيم ثم فصلت على
يد الذكر هذا صراط الله في السموات والأرض على دعاء السائل الحاج سيد على الكرماني في سبع
آيات محكمات بإذن الله على قسطاس مبين، الخ The only other copy of this rare book which I have seen belongs to the Leyden
Library, bears the class-mark No. 241410, and was copied in Jumádà II, 1263/May,
1847, while the Báb was still living. The present copy was made in Cyprus by
Ridwán 'Alí ("Constantine the Persian"), the son of Mirzá Yahyà Subh-i-Azal, was
completed on December 26, 1905, and was given to me by the late Mr Claude
Delaval Cobham, formerly Commissioner of Larnaca in Cyprus. It comprises
128 pp. (5 or 6 of which are blank) of 20x12'7 c. and 11 ll., written in clear naskh within red rules. At the end (unfortunately bound upside down) is a note in
Persian by Subh-i-Azal on the disposal of the Báb's remains, and a letter dated
July 10 ? 1907] from Mr Cobham to myself which accompanied the manuscript.
Shrines" is one of the earliest writings of Mírzá 'Ali Muhammad the Báb. It is in
Arabic, is addressed to Hájjí Sayyid Alí of Kirmán, and begins after the Bismillah: ان هذا كتاب قد نزل على الأرض المقدسة بين الحرمين من لدن على حكيم ثم فصلت على
يد الذكر هذا صراط الله في السموات والأرض على دعاء السائل الحاج سيد على الكرماني في سبع
آيات محكمات بإذن الله على قسطاس مبين، الخ The only other copy of this rare book which I have seen belongs to the Leyden
Library, bears the class-mark No. 241410, and was copied in Jumádà II, 1263/May,
1847, while the Báb was still living. The present copy was made in Cyprus by
Ridwán 'Alí ("Constantine the Persian"), the son of Mirzá Yahyà Subh-i-Azal, was
completed on December 26, 1905, and was given to me by the late Mr Claude
Delaval Cobham, formerly Commissioner of Larnaca in Cyprus. It comprises
128 pp. (5 or 6 of which are blank) of 20x12'7 c. and 11 ll., written in clear naskh within red rules. At the end (unfortunately bound upside down) is a note in
Persian by Subh-i-Azal on the disposal of the Báb's remains, and a letter dated
July 10 ? 1907] from Mr Cobham to myself which accompanied the manuscript.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: 128 pp. (5 or 6 of which are blank)
Dimensions: 20 × 12.7 cm.
Layout
11 lines
Hand(s)
Written in clear naskh
History
Origin: 1323 AH; 1905 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Given to me by the late Mr Claude Delaval Cobham, formerly Commissioner of Larnaca in Cyprus
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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