تحفه نصاىح.

Tuḥfah-i naṣāyiḥ.

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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Persian
Published/​Created
[India], [17--?]
Description
54 leaves : paper ; 232 x 124 (205 x 114) mm bound to 235 x 132 mm

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    Summary note
    Versified treatise on Islamic doctrine and practice, with interlinear Dakhini translation which was undertaken in 1040 H [1630 or 1631] (fol. 54b).
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title from fol. 3a.
    • Physical description: 15 lines per page, including interlinear translation, in two columns; written in indifferent nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Headings rubricated; catchwords. Mild insect damage.
    • Origin: Likely from India, 18th century?
    • Incipit: حمدى بگويم بىعدد مرخالق جن وبشر * كرده معلق آسمان هم اختران شمس و قمر
    Binding note
    Full rust-brown leather with silver-stamped central mandorla, pendants, and cornerpieces.
    Language note
    Persian and Dakhini.
    Provenance
    Ex libris of A.S. Yahuda on inner front cover. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
    Source acquisition
    Gift; Robert Garrett (Class of 1897), 1942.
    References
    Markaz-i Mīkrūfīlm-i Nūr, Kitābkhānah-i dargāh-i Ḥaz̤rat Pīr Muḥammad Shāh
    Other title(s)
    تحفة النصائح
    Title given Ḥaz̤rat Pīr Muḥammad Shāh catalog
    • Tuḥfat al-naṣāʾiḥ
    OCLC
    840121795
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