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1 copy of Muntakhab al-lughāt by ʻAbd al-Rashīd ibn ʻAbd al-Ghafūr Tattavī, fl. 1653

Author: 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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