Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

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.

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

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC


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