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RSPA 102
- Record Id:
- 032-003475180
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003475180
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100096819047.0x000003
- LARK:
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- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RSPA 102
- Title:
- 1 copy of al-Khulāṣah al-Alfiyyah by Ibn Mālik, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003475180
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003475180
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- ff. iii+97+iii
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=RSPA_102 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1717
- End Date:
- 1717
- Date Range:
- 1717
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
RSPA 102
Contents
1 copy of al-Khulāṣah al-Alfiyyah by Ibn Mālik, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh
Language(s): Arabic & Persian
ff. 1v-97rTitle: al-Khulāṣah al-AlfiyyahTitle: الخلاصة الألفيةExplicit: فـحمد الله مصليا على *** محمد خير نبي امر سلا *** وآله العز الكرام البررة *** وصحبه المنتجبين الخيرةThere is a magic square (wafq) on f61 (which is one of the loose folios). It is a four by four magic square. Each row (vertical or horizontal or diagonal) adds up to 238. Above this there is a note which includes letters and numbers and appears to be written in a kind of abbreviation or code.
On f62v (part of the same loose folio as f61 which has the magic square) has a five line prayer addressed to ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib in Persian and in the same rough shikastah script as the note on f97v.
The manuscript is not foliated except for the final folio with the explicit.
On f97v there are two further notes, one of which describes the contents of the MS in a very rough shikastah script and the other, in minute naskh, is an invocation to God.
The MS is dated 7th Jumādā al-al-Ākhar 1129 AH (19 May 1717 AD).
Colophon: في يوم من الشهر جمد الآخر 1129 من الهجرةIncipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. قال محمد هو ابن مالك *** أحمد ربي الله خير مالك.Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Thin dark-cream coloured woven paper.Extent: ff. iii+97+iiiDimensions (leaf): 155 × 105 mm.Dimensions (written): 120 × 60 mm.Foliation:European numerals in pencil; manuscript is only foliated on f97r.
Condition
The manuscript is in relatively poor condition. Whilst the text block is well maintained, the binding is seriously damaged and several folios are loose and others are almost loose. There is some worm damage to the manusript and several folios have been taped due to rips or wear-and-tear. There are also some smudges and discoloured folios.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 9
Uniform layout of nine lines, each line representing one short rajaz verse line.
Hand(s)
Neat black naskh script with rubrications.
Decoration
Additions:The first fifty folios are copiously annotated in Persian in minute nastaʿlīq script between ff1-51. Across the MS there are some lines which have been vocalised.
Binding
Red leather binding with floral design on the spine.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1717-05-19 7_Jumada al-Thani_1129 AH; 19 May 1717 CE ; CalcuttaProvenance and Acquisition
RSPA 1-118 were presented to the Royal Society in January 1792 by Sir William and Lady Jones. According to Wilkins, this manuscript was presented by Lady Jones.
The Royal Society's collection of 280 Persian and Arabic, and 86 Sanskrit manuscripts were transferred to the India Office Library in 1876.
1876
India Office Library
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on E. Denison Ross and E. G. Browne, Catalogue of two collections of Persian and Arabic manuscripts preserved in the India Office Library (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1902), p. 67 no. CII.Availability
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