Details

Subject(s)

• Islamic ethics—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Tr

• Dahastānī, Ḥusayn ibn Asʻad [Browse]

Summary note

Translation into Persian by Ḥusayn ibn Asʻad al-Dahastānī of al-Tanūkhī's collection of stories illustrating deeds of salvation from difficult situations. This copy is incomplete at the beginning and end.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title supplied by cataloger, per Āghā Buzurg.
• Physical description: 17 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Text framed in blue, red, and gold. Rubrication and catchwords. Paper repairs to fol. 1-22, 354-356, 361-363, 370, 378-379, 385-386, resulting in loss of text on some pages. Remainder of ms. in good condition, with light staining and smudging.

Binding note

Marbled paper over pasted boards; cloth spine.

Language note

Persian.

References

Āghā Buzurg. Dharīʻah (1936), V, 50

OCLC

806459927

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