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Summary of Contents: هفت اقلیم The Haft Iqlim ("Seven Climes") of Amín Ahmad-i-Rází, a valuable and well-known geographico-biographical dictionary compiled in 1002/1593-4. See Rieu's Persian Catalogue, pp. 335-337 and references there given, and Ethé's India Office Persian Catalogue, coll. 380-499. A printed edition by Khán Sabib Mawlawi 'Abdu'l-Muqtadir was begun at Calcutta in 1918, but apparently only one fasciculus (x+112 pp.) was published, and the work was then discontinued. This MS. belonged formerly to Colonel Raverty, and was bought from his widow by the Trustees of the "E. J. W. Gibb Memorial" in 1907 with two other MSS., the Mujmal of Fasihi of Khwáf (see G. 7 supra) and vol. II of the Jámi'i't-Tawarikh of Rashidu'd-Din Fadlu'lláh, for £30. Some other MSS. of his were bought by the India Office.

Author: Amīn Aḥmad, al-Rāzī, fl. 1593-1619 امين احمد رازي

Title: Haft iqlīm

Title: هفت اقليم

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: Ff. 525

Dimensions: 32.2 × 16.8 cm.

Layout

23 lines

Hand(s)

legible but ungraceful ta'liq with rubrications

History

Origin: undated

Provenance and Acquisition

This MS. belonged formerly to Colonel Raverty, and was bought from his widow by the Trustees of the "E. J. W. Gibb Memorial" in 1907 with two other MSS., the Mujmal of Fasihi of Khwáf (see G. 7 supra) and vol. II of the Jámi'i't-Tawarikh of Rashidu'd-Din Fadlu'lláh, for £30. Some other MSS. of his were bought by the India Office.

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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