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Delhi Arabic 1919

Record Id:

032-003353426

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003353426

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100036848060.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100052731423.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Delhi Arabic 1919

Title:

Folios from four manuscripts on scientific subjects

Scope & Content:

Collection of unbound folios comprising four codicological units.

Contents:

(1) Abū al-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (أبو البركات البغدادي), Risālah fī sabab ẓuhūr al-kawākib laylan wa-khafā’ihā nahāran (رسالة في سبب ظهور الكواكب ليلًا وخفائها نهارًا; ff. 1v-3v);

(2) al-Ṭūsī (الطوسي), Treatise on heat (ff. 4v-7r);

(3) al-‘Āmilī (العاملي), Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb (خلاصة الحساب; f. 10v).

The first two texts in this manuscript (ff. 1-7) form a single codicological unit, and previously were part (probably a single quire) of a larger collection as indicated by the Persian labels written before each text: 'Third treatise, three folios' (رساله سوم سه 3 ورق, f. 1r) and 'Fourth treatise, four folios' (رساله چهارم چهار 4 ورق, f. 4r).

Folios 8-10 form a second codicological unit. Folios 8r-10r appear to be the front flyleaves of the volume of which f. 10v is the first page of text, and they (ff. 8r-10r) contain assorted notes in Arabic and Persian with diagrams.

Unfoliated leaves i and ii came from a further two volumes, and contain notes in Arabic and Persian. Unfoliated leaf i-v contains what appears to be the fragmentary beginning of a text, while unfoliated leaf ii-r contains the fragmentary ending of another.

This entire collection of unbound folios was wrapped in a single printed quarto sheet with the title 'Act No. XIV. Of 1850. Passed by the Governor General of India in Council on the 22nd March, 1850' (Calcutta: Bengal Military Orphan Press, 1850).

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

India Office Library
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003353426

Is part of:

not applicable

Contains:

Delhi Arabic 1919, ff 1v-3v : Risālah fī sabab ẓuhūr al-kawākib laylan wa-khafā’ihā nahāran رسالة في سبب ظهور…
Delhi Arabic 1919, ff 4v-7r : Treatise on heatṬūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد…
Delhi Arabic 1919, f 10v : Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb خلاصة الحساب‘Āmilī, Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn عاملي،…

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

Codex [without binding]; ff. 10+ii

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100036848060.0x000001

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Languages:

Arabic
Farsi
Persian

Scripts:

Arabic

Start Date:

1601

End Date:

1899

Date Range:

17th-19th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Material: Eastern laid paper

Dimensions: 230 x 145 mm leaf [150 x 80 mm written] (ff. 1-7) / 220 x 135 mm leaf [130 x 80 mm written (f. 10v)] (ff. 8-10) / 203 x 130 leaf [143 x 100 written (i-v)] (i) / 230 x 123 mm leaf [150 x 50 written (ii-r)] (ii)

Foliation: Eastern Arabic foliation in black ink (each text foliated separately); India Office Library foliation stamped in black ink

Ruling: No ruling visible; 17 lines per page; vertical spacing 12 lines per 10 cm (ff. 1-7) / vertical spacing 7 lines per 10 cm (f. 10v) / vertical spacing 10 lines per 10 cm (i-v) / vertical spacing 12 lines per 10 cm [extrapolated] (ii-r)

Script: Naskh

Ink: Black

Binding: None

Condition: Insect damage; binding and all stitching lost; of the main folios, ff. 6-5 and 8-9 are the only intact bifolia. Many historic repairs removed during conservation now stored separately with volume

Marginalia: On flyleaves only (i.e. ff. 8r, 8v, 9r, 9v, 10r, i-r, ii-r and ii-v)

Seals: ff. 1r, 7v, 8r, flyleaf i-r

Custodial History:

The Government of India, its seal with central legend 'Delhi MSS' (ff. 1r, 7v, 8r, flyleaf i-r)

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)