G. 14.1 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: Ff. 564 of 35'3 x 21'5 c. and 31 ll. Introduction (ff. 2"-5"): Rawda i. (a) The Great Prophets (ff. 5-115); (5) pre-Islamic Kings (ff. 115'- 152). The history of Alexander the Great (ff. 132-135") is followed by accounts of the chief Greek philosophers, such as Pythagoras (f. 135), Socrates (f. 136), Diogenes and Plato (f. 137), Aristotle (f. 137), Hippocrates (f. 138), etc. Rawda i ends on f. 152" with a colophon giving the scribe's name and the date 8 Rabí® II, 1271 (Dec. 29, 1854). Rawa . The Prophet Muhammad to his death in A.1. 11 (f. 153-275); the "Usurpers" Abú Bakr (f. 275-281), Umar (ff. 281-294"); 'Uthmán (ff. 294-301"); table of the "Fourteen Immaculate ones" (i.e. Muhammad, Fátima, and the Twelve Imáms, ff. 301-302"), giving in each case the name, kunya, title, day, month and year of birth, reigning king, mother's name; inscription on signet- ring, number of wives and children, duration of life, date and cause of death, place of burial, etc. The account of the Twelve Imáms, which constitutes the second part of Rawda ii, occupies the remainder of the volume, vis. (1) 'Alí (ff. 303-412"); (2) al- Hasan (ff. 412-420); (3) al-Husayn (ff. 420-493"); (4) Ali Zaynu'l-Abidin (ff. 493-498); (5) Muhammad al-Baqir (ff. 498-503"); (6) Ja'far as-Sadiq (ff. 503- 509); (7) Músà Kazim (ff. 509-516); (8) Ali ar-Ridá (f. 516-529); (9) Mu-- hammad at-Taqi (ff. 529-534"): (10) 'Ali an-Naqi ( 534-539); (11) Hasan al-Askari (ff. 539-544); (12) the Imám Mahdi (f. 544-563). The colophon at the bottom of this last page states that the transcription of this second Rawda was completed on the 27th of Muharram, 1271 (Oct. 20, 1854), by Aga Bab Sháhmírzádí ibn Mullá Muḥammad Mahdi for [Prince Bahman Mírzá] Bahá'u'd- Dawla.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 564
Dimensions: 35.3 × 21.5 cm.
Layout
31 lines
History
Origin: 1271 AH; 1854 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
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.
Availability
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Bibliography
Work in five volumes bearing the class-marks: G. 14.1, G. 14.2, G. 14.3, G. 14.4, and G. 14.5.
Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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