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Delhi Persian 1568*

Record Id:
032-004380715
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Delhi Persian 1568*
Title:
Untitled and unidentified fragment of treatise on jurisprudential interpretations of the science of astrology and astronomy, by an unnamed author.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
95 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Arabic
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1750
Date Range:
1600-1750
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Delhi Persian 1568*

Contents

Summary of Contents: Untitled and unidentified fragment of treatise on jurisprudential interpretations of the science of astrology and astronomy, by an unnamed author.
Language(s): Persian, Arabic

Untitled and unidentified fragment of treatise on jurisprudential interpretations of the science of astrology and astronomy, by an unnamed author.

The fragment ends without conclusion, but a later owner has added annotations as if the abrupt end of the text is the formal conclusion with the addition of the words tamm repeated.

The fragment comprises twenty-six chapters, termed bāb, although it begins in the midst of the second bāb.

Not dated at end.

Tight scribal nastaʿlīq.

Corrections and annotations in margins.

Folios unbound; stains, cropped, wormholes, torn and creased.

Fragile.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 95 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 220 × 125 mm.

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1600-1750 India

Provenance and Acquisition

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

1876

Government of India

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