RAS Ellis Persian 24 (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
Persian Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Muntakhab al-lughāt by ʻAbd al-Rashīd ibn ʻAbd al-Ghafūr Tattavī, fl. 1653
Title: Muntakhab al-lughāt
Title: منتخب اللغات
Lacks probably two folios at beginning. Ends in the section on the 'Persian' aitch. An Arabic-Persian dictionary. Ruled margins. Headings and punctuation in red. Dedicated to the Emperor Shahjahan.
Incipit: ... zihi waki-yi wilayat-i nubuwwat
Language(s): Persian and Arabic.
References
Rieu, ii, p. 510.
Ethe, No 2398. Cf. Storey, iii, pp, 35-6.
Rieu, ii, pp. 499-500.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: Old foliation running from 3-(432)
Dimensions (leaf): 8.25
Layout
15 lines to the page
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq.
Binding
Recent English half-lether and marbled paper binding with tooling on spine.
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