Or 8503 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
Miscellaneous tracts, largely on Sufism
Contents
Summary of Contents: 5 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Sufi poetry, Quatrains, Qurʼan, Ghazals, Falnamas, Koran, Divination, and Sufism
1. 114r-115v ff
Title: Rubā‘īyāt
Title: رباعیات
Dated 1105
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.94.
2. Margins of 141r-143r ff
A Koranic commentary, written in the margins
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.94.
3. 148v-167r ff
Language(s): Persian and Turkish
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.94.
4. 172v-178r ff
Title: Fālnāmah
Title: فالنامه
A Fālnāmah for obtaining fortunes from the Koran
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.94.
5. 210v-219v ff
Title: Iṣṭilāḥāt al-Rūḥānī
Title: اصطلاحات الروحانی
Treatises are written in different hands
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.94.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 220 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 19.7 × 14.2 cm.
History
Origin: 989 AH; 18th century CE Most tracts are 18th century, but one is dated AH 989
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.
Availability
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