G. 14.2 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: Ff. 287 of 35'2 x 22 c. and 31 ll.; good plain naskh with rubrications, copied by
the same scribe as the volume last described for Prince Bahman Mírzá Bahá'd
Dawla in 1270/1854. This second volume comprises Rawda iii, containing the history of the Umayyad
and 'Abbasid Caliphs (ff. 2-96), and Rawda iv, containing the history of the post-
Islamic Persian dynasties from the Tahirids to the Muzaffarids (ff. 99-287). There
are several lacunae (e.g. at the beginning of Rawda iii) due to a defective original.
The colophon at the end of Rawda iii (f. 96") is dated 18 Shawwál, 1270 (14 July,
1854), and that at the end of Rawda iv (f. 287") 14 Ramadán, 1270 (10 June,
1854). The chief contents of the whole volume (both Rawdas) are as follows: Umayyad Caliphs, ff. 2-54- 'Abbásid Caliphs, ff. 54-96. Táhirids (ff. 99-101); Saffarids (ff. 101-106); Sámánids (ff. 106-120): Ziyanids
(ff. 120-122); Ghaznawis (ff. 122-138); Buwayhids (ff. 138-150); Ismá'ílís of the
Maghrib and Egypt (ff. 150-157): of Alamút (ff. 157-167); Saljúqs (ff. 167-198);
(ff. 199-200) blank; Qará-Khita'is (ff. 218-221); Muzaffarids (ff. 221-251); Atabels
(ff. 251-259); Ghúrids (ff. 259-270); Bámiyán branch of the same (ff. 270-279);
Sarbadárís (ff. 279–287).
the same scribe as the volume last described for Prince Bahman Mírzá Bahá'd
Dawla in 1270/1854. This second volume comprises Rawda iii, containing the history of the Umayyad
and 'Abbasid Caliphs (ff. 2-96), and Rawda iv, containing the history of the post-
Islamic Persian dynasties from the Tahirids to the Muzaffarids (ff. 99-287). There
are several lacunae (e.g. at the beginning of Rawda iii) due to a defective original.
The colophon at the end of Rawda iii (f. 96") is dated 18 Shawwál, 1270 (14 July,
1854), and that at the end of Rawda iv (f. 287") 14 Ramadán, 1270 (10 June,
1854). The chief contents of the whole volume (both Rawdas) are as follows: Umayyad Caliphs, ff. 2-54- 'Abbásid Caliphs, ff. 54-96. Táhirids (ff. 99-101); Saffarids (ff. 101-106); Sámánids (ff. 106-120): Ziyanids
(ff. 120-122); Ghaznawis (ff. 122-138); Buwayhids (ff. 138-150); Ismá'ílís of the
Maghrib and Egypt (ff. 150-157): of Alamút (ff. 157-167); Saljúqs (ff. 167-198);
(ff. 199-200) blank; Qará-Khita'is (ff. 218-221); Muzaffarids (ff. 221-251); Atabels
(ff. 251-259); Ghúrids (ff. 259-270); Bámiyán branch of the same (ff. 270-279);
Sarbadárís (ff. 279–287).
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 287
Dimensions: 35.2 × 22 cm.
Layout
31 lines
Hand(s)
Good plain naskh with rubrications
History
Origin: 1271 AH; 1854 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Copied by the same scribe as the volume last described for Prince Bahman Mírzá Bahá'd Dawla in 1270/1854.
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
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