[Volume 3 of the Ashiʻʻat al-lamaʻāt].

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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Persian
Published/​Created
[16--?]
Description
469 leaves : paper ; 280 x 172 (200 x 96) mm. bound to 289 x 180 mm.

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    Restrictions note
    Access limited: Material extremely fragile; Apply to curator of manuscripts.
    Summary note
    A translation of al-Khaṭīb al-Tibrīzī's Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ, a commentary on and expansion of al-Baghawī's hadith collection, Maṣābīḥ al-sunnah; this volume consists of kitāb al-buyūʻ - kitāb al-ruʾyā. Missing a few leaves at end.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • On fol. 1a: "Jild-i siyum ... Shaykh ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq Dihlavī."
    • Physical description: 21 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on unglazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords; a few marginal notes. Original text overlined in red. Foliated in Arabic script. Edges flecked with red ink. Extensive insect damage, damp staining, and paper repairs; a number of leaves are detached. There is very little loss of text, but ms. as a whole is in poor condition.
    • Incipit: بىع گاهى بمعنى عقد آىد که اثر آن بر آمدن مال است از ملک ىکى و در آمدن در ملک دىگرى
    Binding note
    Full brown leather with gold-stamping on spine.
    Language note
    Persian.
    Provenance
    On fol. 1b, owner's stamp dated 11[--].
    OCLC
    820024521
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