Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

H. 16 (University Library, Cambridge University)

E. G. Browne Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: ترجم سلطان The Ta'rikk i Sultánt ("Royal History") composed by Sayyid Hasan ib
Sayyid Murtada al-Husayni for Shah Sultán Husayn the Safawi in 1115/1203-4
The MS., which is defective at the end, comprises 435 ff. of 36'5 x 23'7 c. and
21 ll.; is written in a large, clear naskh, with rubrications; and is undated. It begins
with a poem of six verses, of which the first is:
به ثناى ملك الملك خدای متعال
افتتاح سخن آن به كه كنند اهل كمال،
It comprises the following three chapters: 1 (1) On the Angels, Devils and Jinn, the creation of the World, and the history
of the Prophets and Imáms from Adam to the Islámic period (ff. 5-247").
(2) History of the pre-Islamic and post-Islamic Kings down to the Safawi
period (ff. 247-290").
(3) History of the Şafawi Kings and their ancestors down to 1051/1641-2.1
From the library of the late Sir A. Houtum-Schindler.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 435
Dimensions: 36.5 × 23.7 cm.

Layout

21 lines

Hand(s)

Large, clear naskh, with rubrications

History

Origin: undated

Provenance and Acquisition

From the library of the late Sir A. Houtum-Schindler.

Bequest of E. G. Browne.

Record Sources

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC


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