Ms. codex. Title from fol. 1b. Title on fol. 1a by a later hand reads "Bustā[n] al-muḥaddis̲īn Aḥmad ʻAlī" and is set within an orange and black medallion with a decorative flourish. Physical description: 15 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on beige glazed, laid Arabic paper with visible fibers. Text framed in blue, red, and gold with marginal blue border. Headings and keywords in red; some headings not filled in. Catchwords. Edges were originally blue-sprinkled, then gilded later, likely by the binder. Light staining and smudging; fol. ix is a smaller piece... Decoration: Illuminated two-page spread on fol. 1b-2a, with ʻunwān in gold and colors in delicate floral and scroll pattern and margins decorated with floral/foliar pattern; text set within clouds on gold ground and bordered by blue, red, gold and orange lines. Basmalah in blue on gold ground set within ʻunwān. Illuminated two-page spread on fol. 130b-131a, with colophon set within an... Origin: This ms. is ca. 1771 according to the date tooled on the slipcase spine. On fol. ixb is a note stating that the ms. has been copied from one in the author's handwriting ("naql-i khaṭṭ-i Ḥaz̤rat Mawlānā Shāh ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz Ṣāḥib Dihlavī ..."); therefore ms. is most likely from India. Fol. viia bears seal of Muṣṭafá Aḥmad [ibn?] Jamāl ʻAlī and is dated 1217 H [1802 or 1803]. Bookplate bearing an elephant with two flags on fol. xa. Pasted to fol. xib, calligraphic design reading "Innā fataḥnā la-ka fatḥan mubīn" (Qurʾān 48:1). On fol. xvb, ex libris of Robert Hoe, Herschel V. Jones, and Grenville Kane. Am 18620. Purchased from Grenville Kane.
Do you have more information to share with the Holding Institution about this manuscript or would you like to suggest a correction? Contact information is available for member institutions via our member directory.
