H. 10 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: شرفنامه شرف الدين بتلبسي A history of the Kurds and their chieftains, called by Sir A. Houtum-Schindler Akrád-náma and described on the title-page in Persian as تأريخ مولانا اشرف الدين فى احوال امراء و خوانین و خصوصیات ایشان but properly entitled Sharaf-náma, by Sharafu'd-Dín of Bitlís. See Rieu's Persian Catalogue, pp. 208-210, his Persian Supplement, Nos. 95 and 96. pp. 64-65, and Ethé's Bodleian Persian Catalogue, Nos. 312-314. The text was published by Veliaminof-Zernof at St Petersburg in 1860, and a French translation by F. B. Charmoy at the same place in 1868-1875. Further bibliographical references are given by Rieu. The history comes down to 1005/1596-7, and this MS. was transcribed in 1027/1618. The MS. comprises 184 ff. of 28.6 x 17'9 c. and 25 ll., and is written in a fair ta'liq with rubrications.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 184
Dimensions: 28.6 × 17.9 cm.
Layout
25 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a fair ta'liq with rubrications.
History
Origin: 1027 AH; 1596-7 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.
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