H. 9 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: هشت بهشت جلد هفتم) The seventh volume of the Hasht Bihisht ("Eight Paradises"), a well-known
Persian history of the first eight Sultáns of the House of 'Uthmán ('Osmán),
compiled by Mullá Idris of Bitlis in 908-911/1502-5. See Rieu's Persian
Catalogue, pp. 216-218, and references there given. This volume contains the
history of Sultán Muḥammad II. Ff. 250 of 26'7 x 14'8 c. and 17 ll., written in poor but legible ta'liq with
rubrications and dated in the colophon 1 Şafar, 1099/7 Dec. 1687. This was one
of 80 MSS. acquired from the late Hájjí 'Abdu'l-Majid Belshah in 1920.
Persian history of the first eight Sultáns of the House of 'Uthmán ('Osmán),
compiled by Mullá Idris of Bitlis in 908-911/1502-5. See Rieu's Persian
Catalogue, pp. 216-218, and references there given. This volume contains the
history of Sultán Muḥammad II. Ff. 250 of 26'7 x 14'8 c. and 17 ll., written in poor but legible ta'liq with
rubrications and dated in the colophon 1 Şafar, 1099/7 Dec. 1687. This was one
of 80 MSS. acquired from the late Hájjí 'Abdu'l-Majid Belshah in 1920.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 250
Dimensions: 26.7 × 14.8 cm.
Layout
17 lines
Hand(s)
Written in poor but legible ta'liq with rubrications
History
Origin: 1099 AH; 1687 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
This was one of 80 MSS. acquired from the late Hájjí 'Abdu'l-Majid Belshah in 1920.
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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