Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 733Hq.

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DS ID:

DS2327

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 733Hq.

Title:

Majmaʻ biḥār al-anwār fī gharāʼib al-tanzīl wa-laṭāʼif al-akhbār.

Place:

Patan India

Patan TGN

Date:

11 Ramaḍān 976 March 9, 1569

fourth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 454 leaves : paper ; 324 x 212 (254 x 135) mm. bound to 330 x 228 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from colophon of part 2 (al-safar al-thānī, fol. 451a).
Entries in black in the margin by the same hand. No. "24" and "255" in Western numerals on the upper cover pastedown and endpaper. Inscription on modern spine label: "jild-i awwal ...".
Collation: Paper ; fol. a (blue endpaper) + v (endpapers) + 454 (fol. 451b-453b, blank) + i (endpaper) + a (blue endpaper) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 29 long lines per page ; ruled.
Description: Written in two scripts: fol. 1a-142b are written in medium small generic script with elements of taʻlīq ; fol. 143a-451a are written in thick shikastah nastaʻlīq ; rubricated ; Indian paper (flax).
Origin: Copied on 11 Ramaḍān 976 in Patan (colophon part 2, fol. 451a).
The date mentioned at the end of the text might be the date when the text was completed by the author, and not the date of copy (see lithograph Lahore, 1314 1897). P. Hitti suggests that this might be an autograph.
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900, from the books of Amīn ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).

Keyword:

Gold tooled bindings

Hadith

Qurʼan

Manuscripts, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9947102503506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/af833d0f-b061-45ab-b291-0443effee152/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University