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Delhi Persian 578A
- Record Id:
- 032-004526368
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004526368
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100180098976.0x000003
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 578A
- Title:
- Bahjat al-mabāhij by Ḥasan ibn Ḥusayn Shīʻī Sabzavārī
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004526368
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004526368
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- ff. v+354+i
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1857
- Date Range:
- 1600-1857
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Quṭb al-Dīn al-Kaydarī
Shīʻī Sabzvārī, Ḥasan ibn Ḥusayn, 14th cent. - Subjects:
- Imams (Shiites)--Biography
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India Office Library
Delhi Persian 578A
Bahjat al-mabāhij by Ḥasan ibn Ḥusayn Shīʻī Sabzavārī
Contents
Summary of Contents: A Shi'ite work on the life, merits and miracles of the Prophet and the Imams, abridged from the Mabāhij al-muhaj by Quṭb al-Dīn al-KaydarīTitle: Bahjat al-MabāhijTitle: بهجة المباهجThe work is preceded by three folios (ff. iii-v) which deal with events preceding the Prophet's birth
The original manuscript (ff. iii-v, 21-347), in a good, clear nastaʻliq, within a red text frame, probably dates from the 17th century. Folios i-ii, 1-20 and 348-54 have been added later.
Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: PaperExtent: ff. v+354+iDimensions (leaf): 297 × 177 mm.Dimensions (written):Collation
Catchwords.
Condition
Worm-eaten and slightly damp-stained. Some folios have been remargined. Stitching broken and binding is detached.
Layout
Columns:1
19 (ff. iii-v, 21-347) and 20 (ff. 1-20, 348-354) lines per page; ruled margins (ff. iii-v, 21-347).
Hand(s)
Nastaʻliq in two hands; black ink with red headings, overlining and text frame.
Additions:Folios i-ii contain miscellaneous inscriptions.
Label recording loan to Bodleian Library 12.12.36-2.2.37 stuck to rear paste-down.
Seal(s):Binding
Detached leather binding with central medallion, two pendants and ruled borders.
Rectangular partially damaged seal impression on endpaper:...Ḥammūd Allāh.
History
Origin: 17th and 19th century CE. ; IndiaProvenance and Acquisition
Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876.
Acquired by the Government of India in 1876
.Record Sources
Based on C.A. Storey's unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III: MSS Eur E207/8, ff.15-8. (digital images currently unavailable)
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