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.
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
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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