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Jarring Prov. 180

[ Jarring Prov. 180 | Jarring's handwritten catalogue ]
Sharh Mulla. Arabic. India (Shah Jahan-abad).

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Sharh Mulla. India (Shah Jahan-abad), Arabic

An Arabic manuscript. Title on f. 205a-b: ... . On f. 26 in Ahlbert's handwriting: Kitab Särh molla. A manuscript with this title is mentioned in the register of Vol. 10 of the Tashkent catalogue with reference to Vol. III:2483. This must be an error as the title is not to be found in the volume indicated; on the other hand in Vol. 5. No. 3808.

Physical description

Support:paper, indigenous, white brownish, slightly polished

Extent: ff. 206 ; 255 x 170mm.

Decoration

Binding

Brown leather with red back

Foliation

The ms. is foliated by G. Jarring.

Condition

Poor

History

Origin

Date f. 205a 1099/1687-1688, which may refer to the original, not the actual copy. According to f. 205a the copy has been made in the city of Shah Jahan-abad in India (near Lahore?). Mentioned is one Muhammad Amin Bek Sistani. Author? Cf. Prov 181.

Provenance

On f. 115a a fine seal imprint. On f. 1a the name of a former owner. Bought by Rev. Gustaf Ahlbert in Kashghar in the 1930's - for 44 tanga (f. 2b); later on presented to Gunnar Jarring.

Acquisition

The ms. was part of the Jarring collection of Eastern Turkistan manuscripts donated to the Lund University Library in 1982.

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