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Delhi Persian 597

Record Id:
032-004546211
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Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Persian 597
Title:
Tarjumah-i Jātakā bharan
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
ff. ii+238+i
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1600-1799
Calendar:
Gregorian
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Bābā Afz̤al, fl 13th century,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000358643888,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/211269318
Nādir Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1688-1747,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066753540,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/16017634
Subjects:
Astrology
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India Office Library

Delhi Persian 597

Tarjumah-i Jātakā bharan

Contents

Summary of Contents: An untitled work on astronomy by an anonymous author apparently translated, according to the flyleaf, from a work titled Jātaka bharana
Title: Tarjumah-'i Jātakā bharan
Title: ترجمهٔ جاتکا بهرن
Incipit: شخصی [که] در سال پربهو تولد اثر وی آن بود که مولود هوس بگاه داشتن چیزهای خوب داشته باشد
Explicit: احکام مسطوره اعتبار باید نمود و ما تدری نفس بای ارض تموت ان الله علیم خبیر

Copy defective at both ends.

Contents: bāb 3 (f. 12r); daftar 1 (f. 27r); daftar 2 (f. 60r); daftar 3 (f. 154r); khāṭimah (f. 206v).

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: ff. ii+238+i
Dimensions (leaf): 216 × 161 mm.
Foliation:

Every fifth leaf foliated in pencil.

Collation

Catchwords.

Condition

Worm-eaten, loose leaves; detached binding.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 14

14 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq tending to nīm-shikastah, copied in black ink, with headings in red.

Additions:

Numerous corrections in text and margins.

Binding

Marbled board binding with paper pastedowns.

Seal(s):

Black Government of India Delhi MSS oval stamp (ff. 1r, 238v).

History

Origin: 1600-179917th or 18th century; India

Provenance 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 R. Levy's description in "Drafts for Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. III"Mss Eur 207/28, f. 42r (digital images currently unavailable). Revised by Ursula Sims-Williams

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