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RSPA 21
- Record Id:
- 032-004380748
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004380748
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100169708454.0x000051
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RSPA 21
- Title:
- 1 copy of Farhang-i Jahāngīrī by Mīr Jamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn ibn Fakhr al-Dīn Ḥasan Injū Shīrāzī ʿAz̤ud al-Dawlah
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004380748", "parent" : "#", "text" : "RSPA 21: 1 copy of Farhang-i Jahāngīrī by Mīr Jamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn ibn Fakhr al-Dīn Ḥasan Injū Shīrāzī ʿAz̤ud al-Dawlah" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004380748
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004380748
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- ff.i+251+iv
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1792
- Date Range:
- 1700-1792
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Mīr Jamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn ibn Fakhr al-Dīn Ḥasan Injū Shīrāzī ʿAz̤ud al-Dawlah
- Subjects:
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Persian
- TEI:
-
India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
RSPA 21
Contents
1 copy of Farhang-i Jahāngīrī by Mīr Jamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn ibn Fakhr al-Dīn Ḥasan Injū Shīrāzī ʿAz̤ud al-Dawlah
Language(s): Persian
ff. 1-494Title: Farhang-i JahāngīrīTitle: فرهنگ حهانگیریAuthor: Mīr Jamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn ibn Fakhr al-Dīn Ḥasan Injū Shīrāzī ʿAz̤ud al-Dawlah میر جمال الدین حسین بن فخر الدین حسن انجو شیرازی عضد الدولةIncipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. فصل الالف از باب الف. آب میه معنی دارد اول معروف استExplicit: یکسان وسکسون دو معنی دارد اول همیشه وبردوام را گویند دوم برابر آمده باشدThis manuscript comprises only the dictionary part of the Farhang-i Jahāngīrī.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Strong cream woven paper with very clear charts and lines.Extent: ff.i+251+ivDimensions (leaf): 265 × 210 mm.Dimensions (written): 225 × 110 mm.Foliation:European numerals in pencil. Every side is numbered, as opposed to foliated.
Condition
Excellent condition. Significant worm damage to end of manuscript.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 21
Hand(s)
Very neat and spacious black-ink nastaʿlīq.
Decoration
Additions:On the first page, Jones has written "Dictionary of the Persian Language"
Binding
Standard India Office half leather binding with wine-coloured marbled endpapers.
Accompanying Material
Page 500-1 (one folio) has been added. It is written in extremely difficult to read shikastah script. This page includes the date 1176AH (1762-3AD) or 1172 (1758-9) in the first line of text (date appears to be written as 11762, but the spacing seems to prefer 1176 as the reading).
History
Origin: 1700-1792 1700 - 1792 CE ; IndiaProvenance and Acquisition
RSPA 1-118 were presented to the Royal Society in January 1792 by Sir William and 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. 19 no. XXIAvailability
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