I. 4 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: فرنامه (أرجع شد) Part of the Persian history of the city of Qum (entitled Qum-náma, or Tarikh-
i-Qum) described by Rieu in his Persian Supplement, pp. 59-60, No. 88. The
Arabic original on which it is based was written in 378/988-9 for the celebrated
Şahib Ismá'íl ibn 'Abbád by Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Qummi (see
Brockelmann's Gesch. d. Arab. Litt., vol. 1, p. 516). The Persian version (of which this MS. contains only a fragment, namely, part of the first of the twenty
chapters into which the book is divided) was made in 806/1403-4 So on f. 3ª, 1. 2, but Rieu gives 825/1422 as the date of composition by Hasan ibn
Ali ibn Hasan ibn 'Abdi'l-Malik of Qum. The British Museum MS. contains the
first five chapters, or about one quarter, of the work, and the present MS. only
seven of the eight sections which constitute the first chapter. It comprises 65 ff. of
34 × 21'2 c. and 17 ll., and is written in a large and clear but untidy nim-shikasta.
The original from which it was copied appears to have been dated Monday the
17th of Dhu'l-Hijja, 837/July 25, 1434, but the date of this copy (evidently
modern) is not given. A table of contents of the whole work occupies ff. 11"-14".
Of the six sections (fast) contained in this volume the first begins on f. 15"; the
second on f. 20%; the third on f. 23"; the fourth on f. 27"; the fifth on f. 30"; the
sixth on f. 39; and the seventh on f. 62". Prefixed to the Qum-náma and bound up in the same volume is a smaller
tract entitled: کتابچه تفصیل احوالات دار الایمان قم از بدو آبادي او الى يومنا هذا، It was composed at the request of a physician named Mírzá 'Ali Akbar Khán
who was entitled Hakim-báshi, and this copy was completed on the 6th of Safar,
1305/Oct. 24, 1887. It comprises 36 ff. of 224 × 17 c. and 16 Ill., and is written in
a cursive ním-shikasta.
i-Qum) described by Rieu in his Persian Supplement, pp. 59-60, No. 88. The
Arabic original on which it is based was written in 378/988-9 for the celebrated
Şahib Ismá'íl ibn 'Abbád by Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Qummi (see
Brockelmann's Gesch. d. Arab. Litt., vol. 1, p. 516). The Persian version (of which this MS. contains only a fragment, namely, part of the first of the twenty
chapters into which the book is divided) was made in 806/1403-4 So on f. 3ª, 1. 2, but Rieu gives 825/1422 as the date of composition by Hasan ibn
Ali ibn Hasan ibn 'Abdi'l-Malik of Qum. The British Museum MS. contains the
first five chapters, or about one quarter, of the work, and the present MS. only
seven of the eight sections which constitute the first chapter. It comprises 65 ff. of
34 × 21'2 c. and 17 ll., and is written in a large and clear but untidy nim-shikasta.
The original from which it was copied appears to have been dated Monday the
17th of Dhu'l-Hijja, 837/July 25, 1434, but the date of this copy (evidently
modern) is not given. A table of contents of the whole work occupies ff. 11"-14".
Of the six sections (fast) contained in this volume the first begins on f. 15"; the
second on f. 20%; the third on f. 23"; the fourth on f. 27"; the fifth on f. 30"; the
sixth on f. 39; and the seventh on f. 62". Prefixed to the Qum-náma and bound up in the same volume is a smaller
tract entitled: کتابچه تفصیل احوالات دار الایمان قم از بدو آبادي او الى يومنا هذا، It was composed at the request of a physician named Mírzá 'Ali Akbar Khán
who was entitled Hakim-báshi, and this copy was completed on the 6th of Safar,
1305/Oct. 24, 1887. It comprises 36 ff. of 224 × 17 c. and 16 Ill., and is written in
a cursive ním-shikasta.
1.
Language(s): Persian
2.
Title: Qumnāmah
Title: Taʼrīkh-i Qum
Title: قمنامه
Title: تاريخ قم
Language(s): Persian
References
Persian version of the Taʼrīkh Qum تاريخ قم of .
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 65
Dimensions: 34 × 21.2 cm.
Layout
17 lines
Hand(s)
This manuscript is written in a large and clear but untidy nim-shikasta.
History
Origin: undated
Provenance and Acquisition
This copy was completed on the 6th of Safar, 1305/Oct. 24, 1887 upon the request of Mírzá 'Ali Akbar Khán who was entitled Hakim-báshi.
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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