I. 8 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: تذکره شوشتریه A History of Shúshtar from the earliest times until 1169/1755-6, by Sayyid
'Abdu'lláh ibn Núri'd-Din ibn Ni'mati'lláh (d. 1173/1759-60). See Rieu's Persian
Catalogue, pp. 214-216, and his Persian Supplement, p. 67, where the contents of
the work are described. This MS., bought from Major Salmon on May 21, 1906, comprises 162 ff. of
20'4 x 16 c. and 9 ll. It is written in a clear but coarse naskh, is dated 25 Shawwál,
1313/April 9. 1896, and was copied for Major (then Captain) Salmon by Muhammad
Hasan ibn Muhammad Ridá ibn Habibi'lláh Wastri Skishlari.
'Abdu'lláh ibn Núri'd-Din ibn Ni'mati'lláh (d. 1173/1759-60). See Rieu's Persian
Catalogue, pp. 214-216, and his Persian Supplement, p. 67, where the contents of
the work are described. This MS., bought from Major Salmon on May 21, 1906, comprises 162 ff. of
20'4 x 16 c. and 9 ll. It is written in a clear but coarse naskh, is dated 25 Shawwál,
1313/April 9. 1896, and was copied for Major (then Captain) Salmon by Muhammad
Hasan ibn Muhammad Ridá ibn Habibi'lláh Wastri Skishlari.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 162
Dimensions: 20.4 × 16 cm.
Layout
9 lines
Hand(s)
Clear but coarse naskh
The manuscript was for copied by Muhammad Hasan ibn Muhammad Ridá ibn Habib Allah Wazir-i Skushtari in 1896.
History
Origin: 1313 AH; 1896 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
copied for Major Salmon (then Captain) in 1896
Bought from Major Salmon on May 21, 1906.
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.
Availability
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