Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
RSPA 70
- Record Id:
- 032-004380791
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004380791
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100169708454.0x00007c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RSPA 70
- Title:
- 1 copy of Shams al-Aṣvāt by Ras Baras
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004380791", "parent" : "#", "text" : "RSPA 70: 1 copy of Shams al-Aṣvāt by Ras Baras" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004380791
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004380791
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- ff.li+27+iv
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1786
- End Date:
- 1786
- Date Range:
- 1786
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card for admissions procedures contact . Contact for further information on the availability of this manuscript. For information on catalogues and ordering manuscripts see .
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Fatḥʿalī
Ibn al-Ḥājib, ʻUthmān ibn ʻUmar, 1175-1249,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000012126111X,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/29665940
Mihr Allāh
Ras Baras - Subjects:
- Music--India--Philosophy and aesthetics
- TEI:
-
India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
RSPA 70
Contents
1 copy of Shams al-Aṣvāt by Ras Baras
Language(s): Persian
ff. 1v-27rTitle: Shams al-AṣvātTitle: شمس الاصواتIncipit: قول اول که عبارتست از حمد مخصوص حکیمی مطلقExplicit: نموده منباجات حضرت رب الارض والسموات اختتام کردColophon: تمت هذه النسخه المسماه شمس الاصوات بخط العاصی اضعف العباد فتحعلی ولد شیخ مهرالله الموطن فی قصبه دادری حسب الفرمایش معارف و حقائق اکاه مجموعه کمالات صوری ومعنوی هادی فضلان ضلالت کردن حضدت خواجه شمس الدین مد الله ظلال عاطفته علی معارف المریدین والمعصین بتاریخ بیست و نهم شهر شعبان سنه ۱۲۰۰ من هجره النبی صلی الله علیه وآله و اصحابه و اتباعه اجمعینThis manuscript is bound with MS RSPA 177, a copy of a commentary on Ibn al-Ḥājib's Kāfiyyah. This first text was donated as part of the Ashburner collection.
The scribe signs himself as Fatḥʿalī, the son of Mihr Allāh, a shaykh from the town of Dadrī in modern Uttar Pradesh.
The text itself was composed in 1109AH. This copy dates from 1200AH, during the time that Jones was present in India.
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Thin white woven paper.Extent: ff.li+27+ivDimensions (leaf): 230 × 160 mm.Dimensions (written): 160 × 90 mm.Foliation:European numerals in pencil and Perso-Arabic numerals in red ink.
Condition
F5 is loose. Otherwise good condition.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 15
Hand(s)
Neat, but thick and cramped, black ink nastaʿlīq.
Decoration
Additions:There are very occasional scribal marginal notes.
Binding
Standard India Office half leather binding with wine-coloured marbled endpapers. Bound together with MS RSPA 177.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1786-07-27 IndiaProvenance and Acquisition
RSPA 1-118 were presented to the Royal Society in January 1792 by Sir William and Lady Jones. 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. 56 no. LXXAvailability
WARNING: Under current circumstances, not all items are available for consultation and orders can only be placed within Reading Rooms. Please contact Reading Room staff at the British Library for information on availability and for help with placing orders.
Funding of Cataloguing
BL