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[Persian magic text].
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Persian
Description
97 leaves : paper ; 212 x 102 mm.
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Special Collections - Manuscripts
Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 124
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Islamic magic
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Arabic alphabet
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Summary note
Text appears to be an incomplete magical or talismanic formulary. Fol. 1a and 97b list Arabic letters and their numerical values. On fol. 1a is a poem on propitious days; Arabic numbers and their corresponding words are written on fol. 97b.
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Ms. gatherings.
Physical description: 10-14 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq script in black on white European paper. Some keywords and markings in red.
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496968083
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