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MSS Avestan 2
- Record Id:
- 032-003719588
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003719588
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110490702.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100146744094.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MSS Avestan 2
- Title:
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Vīdevdād sādah
- Scope & Content:
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A copy of the Vīdevdād sādah by Mobed Rustam Bahram Darab Sorab Manak Peshotan Sanjana descended from Naryosang Dhaval, dated at Surat in the year 1129 of the Yazdagird era (1759 AD). The colophons in Pahlavi, Persian and Gujarati (f. 348r onwards) also mention that owner was Mobed-born Mobed Nawroz Rustam Manuchihr Manak Asa descended from Hormazdyar Ramyar, a resident of Surat.
Ff. 348r-349v contain a Persian poem in 36 verses
F.1r contains notes in Persian and Gujarati stating that this Vendidad with the Yasna and Vispered is written in a very clear script. - Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003719588", "parent" : "#", "text" : "MSS Avestan 2: Vīdevdād sādah" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003719588
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003719588
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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349+iii folios. Ff. 346 and 347 are misplaced in the binding and should follow f. 349. Ff. 346v-347v blank.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100146744094.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Avestan
Gujarati
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
Avestan
Gujarati - Start Date:
- 1759
- End Date:
- 1759
- Date Range:
- 1759
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Surat, India
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 357 x 273 mm.
Foliation: 349ff. Folios numbered on verso in Gujarati.
Layout: 17 lines per page; black ink. Rubrics in upturned Gujarati script in red ink. Catchwords on the verso of every folio.
Binding: brown board.
- Custodial History:
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Former numbers: Z&P 2; L2
- Source of Acquisition:
- Samuel Guise collection, acquired by the East India Company Library at Sotheby's sale 3 July 1812.
- Publications:
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M.N. Dhalla, "Iranian manuscripts in the Library of the India Office," Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1912), pp. 387-98.
J.M. Unvala, Collection of colophons of manuscripts bearing on Zoroastrianism in some libraries in Europe (Bombay, 1940)
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)