Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 1745

Metadata

DS ID:

DS12966

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 1745

Title:

Jāmiʻ al-qavānīn /

Author:

Kanawjī, Khalīfah Shāh Muḥammad, active 17th century / کنوجى، خلىفه شاه محمد، 17th cent

Khalīfah Shāh Muḥammad Kanawjī WIKIDATA

Date:

17--?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 42 leaves : paper ; 250 x 157 (180 x 82) mm. bound to 251 x 162 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from colophon on fol. 40a.
On fol. 1a: "Jama'u-l-Kawānīn. Models of Letters" in Western script.
On fol. 3a, 40b: Title erroneously given as "Jamʻ al-khavānīn" in Arabic script.
Physical description: 17 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Extensive damp staining and some mildewing; fol. 19-25, 26-30 are stuck together.
Origin: 8 Jumādá I, year 15 of the reign of Pādishāh ʻAlī Kuhr Khāzī [?] (fol. 40a).
On fol. 2a: "Henry G. [?] Alexander, from his father, Feb. 22. 1858." Pasted onto fol. 42b is short, unidentified catalog entry.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Persian

Personal correspondence

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9972439883506421

Holding Institution:

Princeton University