Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

RAS Persian 206. (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)

Persian Manuscripts

Contents

1 copy of Kāmil al-taʻbīr by Tiflīsī, Ḥubaysh ibn Ibrāhīm, d. ca. 1203

Incomplete, the text ending abruptly in the entry on 'murdan'. F1a: a) Signature of David Price, dated 1800. b) Note recording presentation of the book by Hakim al-Mamalik Masih al-Dawlah Masih-i Zaman Khan Bahadur to an inferior, the nearby impression of whose seal has been obliterated. Headings and punctuation in red. A work on the interpretation of dreams. In sixteen chapters, chapter 16, a mostly alphabetical list of things that might be seen in dreams with their significance, occupies most of the book. Dedicated to the Sultan of Rum, 'Izz al-din Qilij Arslan (551-88/1156-92).

Incipit: Sipas mar Khuday-ra ki u samad u qadir ast
Language(s): Persian.

References

Storey, ii, pp. 458, 467-8.
Ethe, No 2276. Cf. Rieu, ii, p. 852.
Price's bequest is noted in the Journal for 1836, pp. xii-xiv (an obituary notice p. lx).

Physical Description

Form: codex
Dimensions (leaf): 9.25 × 5.75 in.

Layout

17 or 18 lines to the page

Hand(s)

Nasta'liq and Shikastah.

Binding

Indian red leather binding with coloured stamped cartouches and borders. Back cover detached.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bequeathed by Major David Price.

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