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Summary of Contents: تجارب السلف (ترجمه كتاب الفخرى) A Persian version, enriched with much additional matter, especially in the later
part, of the Arabic history of the Caliphate commonly known as the Kitábu'l-
Fakhri, but here entitled (f. 2b) Munyatu'l-Fudalá fi tawáríkhi'l-Khulafa wa'l-
Wuzará. The original work was written by Şafiyyu'd-Din Muhammad b. 'Ali al-
'Alawi at-Tiqtaqá for the library of his lord and patron Jalálu'd-Din Zangi Shah ibn
Badri'd-Din Hasan ibn Ahmad of Dámghán. This Persian version was made in
724/1324 by Hindúsháh ibn Sanjar ibn 'Abdi'lláh as-Sáhibi al-Kírání for the
Atábek Nusratu'd-Din Yusuf Sháh ibn Shamsi'd-Din Alp-Arghún ibn Malik
Nasri'd-Din Hazárasp, who ruled over Luristán from 696/1296 to 733/1333. The
only other known MS. of the Persian version appears to be Suppl. Pers. 1552
(Schefer 237) of the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. See E. Blochet's Catalogue
(Paris, 1905), vol. 1, p. 251, No. 373. My MS., bought in January, 1920, from the late Hajji 'Abdu'l-Majid Belshab,
comprises 190 ff. of 22'7 x 16 c. and 19 ll., was transcribed in 1286/1870 in a small,
clear, modern naskh with rubrications, and contains about 108,000 words. For
a fuller description, see my article in the Centenary Volume published by the Royal
Asiatic Society in 1924, pp. 21-30.
part, of the Arabic history of the Caliphate commonly known as the Kitábu'l-
Fakhri, but here entitled (f. 2b) Munyatu'l-Fudalá fi tawáríkhi'l-Khulafa wa'l-
Wuzará. The original work was written by Şafiyyu'd-Din Muhammad b. 'Ali al-
'Alawi at-Tiqtaqá for the library of his lord and patron Jalálu'd-Din Zangi Shah ibn
Badri'd-Din Hasan ibn Ahmad of Dámghán. This Persian version was made in
724/1324 by Hindúsháh ibn Sanjar ibn 'Abdi'lláh as-Sáhibi al-Kírání for the
Atábek Nusratu'd-Din Yusuf Sháh ibn Shamsi'd-Din Alp-Arghún ibn Malik
Nasri'd-Din Hazárasp, who ruled over Luristán from 696/1296 to 733/1333. The
only other known MS. of the Persian version appears to be Suppl. Pers. 1552
(Schefer 237) of the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. See E. Blochet's Catalogue
(Paris, 1905), vol. 1, p. 251, No. 373. My MS., bought in January, 1920, from the late Hajji 'Abdu'l-Majid Belshab,
comprises 190 ff. of 22'7 x 16 c. and 19 ll., was transcribed in 1286/1870 in a small,
clear, modern naskh with rubrications, and contains about 108,000 words. For
a fuller description, see my article in the Centenary Volume published by the Royal
Asiatic Society in 1924, pp. 21-30.
Title: Tajārib al-salaf
Title: تجارب السلف
Language(s): Arabic
References
A Persian version of the work entitled Munyat al-fuḍalāʼ fī tawārīkh al-khulafāʼ wa-al-wuzarāʼ منية الفضلاء في تواريخ الخلفاء والوزراء or Kitāb al-fakhrī كتاب الفخري of .
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 190
Dimensions: 22.7 × 16 cm.
Layout
19 lines
Hand(s)
Small, clear, modern naskh with rubrications
History
Origin: 1286 AH; 1870 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Bought in January, 1920, from the late Hajji 'Abdu'l-Majid Belshah.
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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