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Subject(s)

• Qurʼan—Commentaries—History—15th century—Sources [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

The author's commentary on the Qurʼān; complete through 6:149.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title supplied by cataloger.
• Ms. erroneously identified on the front cover as Jawharat al-tafsīr [i.e. Javāhir al-tafsīr], which is a larger commentary by Kāshifī that was never completed (Storey, I, 12).
• Physical description: 21 lines per page; written in naskh by two hands in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Hand switches on fol. 60a; text framed in double red lines from this point to end of ms. Rubrication and catchwords. Some staining; ragged edges; mild insect damage. Fol. 1-9 detached and particularly ragged.
• Incipit: بعد از تمهيد قواعد محامد الهي و تاسيس مباني ثناخواني حضرت رسالت پناهي

Binding note

Full leather with gold-stamped fillets over boards; leather has spilt from front board; brown paper wrapper.

Language note

Persian.

References

Storey, C. A. Persian literature, I, 12-13

Other title(s)

• Tafsīr-i Ḥusaynī
• تفسىر حسىنى

OCLC

829237945

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