Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 1103

Metadata

DS ID:

DS13731

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 1103

Title:

Sirāj al-ẓulmah wa-al-raḥmah ... [etc.

Author:

Kitāb Khvān, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Mahdī / کتاب خوان، عبد الله بن مهدى

ʻAbd Allāh ibn Mahdī Kitāb Khvān WIKIDATA

Place:

Iran

Iran TGN

Date:

1840-1844

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 184 leaves : paper ; 212 x 153 (160 x 91-98) mm. bound to 215 x 155 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from text on fol. 4b, 110a.
On spine: Label reading "Ḥadīs̲-i khaṭṭī" in Arabic script.
On fore edge: "Ḥadīs̲" in Arabic script.
Physical description: Texts 1-2 are 15 lines per page in neat naskh; text 3 is 19-20 lines per page in nastaʻliq. Entire ms. on glazed, laid European paper. Catchwords; rubrication in text 1. Light staining and foxing; in excellent condition.
Origin: Text 1 completed in Nahāvand, 1256 H [1840 or 41] by Muḥammad Ṭāhir (fol. 78a); text 2 by the same hand, likely completed around the same time. Text 3 completed 19 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1260 H [30 December 1844] (fol. 183b); likely from Iran.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Persian

Alchemy

Divination

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9970962963506421

Holding Institution:

Princeton University