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1. Royal MS 16 B V

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Royal MS 16 B V
Title:
Yasna sādah
Scope & Content:
Yasna sādah (Avestan). Copied in Surat or Navsari, Gujarat and dated 7 Ardbihisht 1030 AY (1661) and copied by Herbad Darab b. Hira b. Chanda descended from Mobad Hormazyar Herbad Ramyar. The text is preceded by a table of the Avestan, Persian and Latin alphabets (ff. 1v-4r).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan
Date Range:
1661
Extent:

Codex; 159 + iv ff.

2. Royal MS 16 B VI

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Royal MS 16 B VI
Title:
Khordah Avesta
Scope & Content:
A copy of the Khordah Avesta (‘little Avesta’), described as Kitāb zand avastā, a collection of prayers in Avestan, lacking the first folio. A Persian colophon (f. 67r) gives the date as Aneran (30th day), Ardibihisht (2nd month,) 1042 AY (1673), and the scribe’s name as Herbad Hormazyar Faramu...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
1673
Extent:

Codex. :ff. iii+67+iii

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