A descriptive catalogue of the historical manuscripts in the Arabic and Persian languages, preserved in the library of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

  • Morley, William H. (William Hook), 1815-1860.
Date:
1854
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A descriptive catalogue of the historical manuscripts in the Arabic and Persian languages, preserved in the library of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    {) XX. Raczat as-Saf.v.—The second volume. Foil. 508. Nineteen lines in a. page. Written in Nasta’lik in A.n. 1076 (a.d. 1665). Size 1 If in. by 7 in. (Major D. Price.) ' XXL Rauzat as-Safa.—The second volume. Foil. 709. Nineteen lines in a page. Well written in Nasta’lik. Two leaves are wanting at the end of this MS., and the first two have been supplied by a more modern hand. Size 11 j in. by 6 in. (Sir J. Malcolm.) XXII. Rauzat as-Safa.— The third volume, containing; The history of the twelve Imams, and of the Khalifahs of the Bain Umayyah and Bani ’Abbas dynasties, to a.h. 656 (a.d. 1258) when Baghdad was besieged and taken by Hulaku Khan, and the Khalifah Al-Musta’sim Billah put to death by his order. Wilken has published an extract from this volume, relating to the Khalifah Mamun; he has given the text and a Latin translation.* Foil. 104. Thirty-one lines in a page. Written in Nasta’lik in A.H. 1005 (a.d. 1596.) Size 12^ in. by 8 in. (Sir A. Malet, Bart.) XXIII. Rauzat as-Saf.a.—The third volume. Foil. 204. Twenty-four lines in a page. Written in X'asta’lik in A.H. 1097 (a.d. 1685.) Size 11 j in. by 6^ in. (Sir J. Malcolm.) ' Wilken, Inst. Ling. Pers. p. \\\ el seq. Auctaiium ad Chrestomathiam, p. 5, el seq. D