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Summary of Contents: زبدة التواريخ تأليف حافظ ابرو The second of the four volumes of Háfiz Abrú's great history compiled in 828/
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.

Author: Ḥāfiẓ Abrū, d. 1430 حافظ ابرو

Title: Zubdat tawārīkh taʼlīf Ḥāfiẓ Abrū

Title: زبدة تواريخ تاليف حافظ ابرو

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: Ff. 484

Dimensions: 31 × 22 cm.

Layout

29 lines

Hand(s)

a clear, good naskh hand with rubrications

History

Origin: 829 AH; 1426 CE

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.

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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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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