Or 8503 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
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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 Sufism1. 114r-115v ffTitle: Rubā‘īyātTitle: رباعیاتDated 1105
Language(s): PersianReferences
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 ffA Koranic commentary, written in the margins
Language(s): PersianReferences
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 ffLanguage(s): Persian and TurkishReferences
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 ffTitle: FālnāmahTitle: فالنامهA Fālnāmah for obtaining fortunes from the Koran
Language(s): PersianReferences
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 ffTitle: Iṣṭilāḥāt al-RūḥānīTitle: اصطلاحات الروحانیTreatises are written in different hands
Language(s): PersianReferences
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: codexExtent: 220 ffDimensions (leaf): 19.7 × 14.2 cm.History
Origin: 989 AH; 18th century CE Most tracts are 18th century, but one is dated AH 989Record 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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