J. 6 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: نفحات الانس A fine MS. of Jámf's well-known hagiography entitled Nafaḥátu'l-Uns of which
the text was printed at Calcutta under the supervision of W. Nassau Lees in 1859.
See also Rieu's Persian Catalogue, pp. 349-351. This MS., which belonged to Prince Farhád Mírzá Mu'tamadu'd-Dawla in
1285/1868, and afterwards to Sir A. Houtum-Schindler, comprises 312 ff. of 24'2 x
163 c. and 21 ll., and is written in a good, clear naskh with rubrications. Its
transcription was completed in Rajab, 902/March, 1497, only nineteen years after
its composition.
the text was printed at Calcutta under the supervision of W. Nassau Lees in 1859.
See also Rieu's Persian Catalogue, pp. 349-351. This MS., which belonged to Prince Farhád Mírzá Mu'tamadu'd-Dawla in
1285/1868, and afterwards to Sir A. Houtum-Schindler, comprises 312 ff. of 24'2 x
163 c. and 21 ll., and is written in a good, clear naskh with rubrications. Its
transcription was completed in Rajab, 902/March, 1497, only nineteen years after
its composition.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 312
Dimensions: 24.2 × 16.3 cm.
Layout
21 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a good, clear naskh with rubrications.
History
Origin: 902 AH; 1497 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
This MS., which belonged to Prince Farhád Mírzá Mu'tamadu'd-Dawla in 1285/1868, and afterwards to 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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