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Subject(s)

• Farāhī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad Badr al-Dīn—Niṣāb al-ṣibyān [Browse]
• Arabic language—Dictionaries—Persian—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Commentary on Abū Naṣr Farāhī's Arabic-Persian dictionary, Niṣāb al-ṣibyān.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 1b.
• Physical description: 15 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq script in black on a mix of modern and beige glazed, laid European paper. Headings and keywords in large script; catchwords. Paginated 2-224 in Arabic script beginning on fol. 2a. Repairs to margins of about ten leaves; otherwise in excellent condition. Label on front cover reads "104" in Arabic script; vertical labels on spine read "Niṣāb --ḥ" (partly obliterated) and "Sharḥ-i Niṣāb ---haz -----" (partly obliterated).
• Origin: Copy completed on 17 Ramaḍān 1261 H. [19 September 1845] in Dār-i Salṭanah-i Tabriz (fol. 113a). Colophon followed by the stamp of ʻAbd Allāh al-Ḥusaynī with a statement certifying the accuracy of the copy. Statement of accuracy dated Ṣafar 1345 H. (August 1926) on fol. 1b.
• Incipit: حمد نامعدود و شکر و سپاس نامحدود حضرت علىهم معبود و کرىم واجب الوجودرا ... و بعد چنىن گوىد بنده قاصر عاصى محمد بن فصىح بن محمد المدعو بکرىم الاستاجى که چون وسىلۀ وصول با دراک معانى قران و طرىق حصول مقاصد حدىث نبى عربى کتابى ...

Binding note

Full brown leather binding with stamped central mandorla, pendants, and fillets.

Language note

Persian.

Provenance

Owned by Āqā Muḥammad Bāqir (fol. 1a). Smudged owner's stamps on fol. 1a-1b.

References

Storey, C. A. Persian literature, III, 90 (e).

OCLC

708055402

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