G. 9 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
1425. This fine manuscript was completed on Friday, 15 Sha'bán, 829 (June 22,
1426) during the lifetime of the author, who died, according to the Majmal of
Faşíhí, on Sunday, 3 Shawwál, 833 (June 25, 1430). It is written throughout in
a clear, good naskh hand with rubrications, comprises 484 ff. of 31 x 22 c. and 29 ll.,
and contains the life of the Prophet Muhammad and the history of the Caliphate.
Ff. 1-53" deal with the period before the Flight (Hijra); the account of the Four
Orthodox Caliphs begins on f. 114; that of the Umayyads on f. 177, and that of
the 'Abbasids on f. 271". Concerning Háfiz Abrú and his work, see Rieu's Persian Catalogue, pp. 421-
424, and his Persian Supplement, p. 16, and for a much fuller and more detailed
discussion of this rare and important history, of which only the first half (vols. 1 and
II) appears to be extant, Baron Victor Rosen's Collections Scientifiques, vol. III,
Manuscrits persans (St Petersburg, 1866), pp. 52-111.
Physical Description
Layout
29 lines
Hand(s)
a clear, good naskh hand with rubrications
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Concerning Háfiz Abrú and his work, see Rieu's Persian Catalogue, pp. 421-
424, and his Persian Supplement, p. 16, and for a much fuller and more detailed
discussion of this rare and important history, of which only the first half (vols. 1 and
II) appears to be extant, Baron Victor Rosen's Collections Scientifiques, vol. III,
Manuscrits persans (St Petersburg, 1866), pp. 52-111.
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
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