خلاصت القصص.

Khulāṣat al-qiṣaṣ.

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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
  • Persian
  • Arabic
Published/​Created
[1382]
Description
79 leaves : paper ; 176 x 122 (130 x 80) mm. bound to 184 x 125 mm.

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    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title from fol. 20b.
    • On fol. 5a, 37a, 43a, 72a: Muṭālaʻah shud Murtaḍá Rashīdī ibn Aḥmad Kirmānshāhī, 1352 AH (1933 or 4).
    • Physical description: 20-22 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq script in brownish-black ink on heavy beige Arabic unglazed, laid paper, safinah-style. Rubrication; Arabic citations vocalized. Extensive water damage with some offsetting of text, but generally legible.
    • Origin: Text 4 is copied by the same hand as text 2, which is dated Rajab 784 AH (September 1382) (fol. 19b).
    Binding note
    Modern leather binding with blind-tooled central mandorla.
    Language note
    Persian and Arabic.
    Contents
    • 1. fol. 1a-3b: Part of an unidentified Arabic text citing Qurʻanic verses.
    • 2. fol. 4a-19b: Last 16 leaves of an unidentified Persian text.
    • 3. fol. 20a: Extracts in Persian and Arabic.
    • 4. fol. 20b-68a: Khulāṣat al-qiṣaṣ. Stories of the Islamic prophets in Persian.
    • 5. fol. 68b-79b: First 10 leaves of an unidentified tafsīr in Arabic.
    Source acquisition
    Purchase; Smitskamp Oriental Antiquarium, 2001/1/4 (2001-54).
    OCLC
    537819018
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