Jarring Prov. 421
[ Jarring Prov. 421 | Jarring's handwritten catalogue ]
Dur al-'ajayib.
Persian.
Eastern Turkistan.
1850, ca.
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Lund University Library
Dur al-'ajayib. Eastern Turkistan, 1850, ca, Persian
Old number 154. A Persian manuscript. The title of this treatise is to be found on f. 3b, viz. ... . On f. 2 and 3a it is incorrectly rendered in Eastern Turki. It is divided in 30 chapters, a table of contents of which is to be found on ff. 4a-4b, dealing with the rewards and punishments of different religious matters; ff. 173b-405a contain a second book of the treatise beginning with chapter 31 and ending with the 74th chapter. On f. 408b a text dealing with namaz. Cf. Prov. 469.
Physical description
Extent: ff. 409 ; 270 x 160mm.
Decoration
Binding
Yellow cardboard covers with decorations, back in red leather. Bookbinder's mark.
Foliation
The ms. is foliated by G. Jarring.
Condition
Poor
History
Origin
Date on f. 405a 126, the last numeral omitted, which means that the year may be any year betzeen 1260 and 1269, i.e. 1844-1853.
Provenance
Bought from Rev. Oskar Hermansson who acquired the ms. in Kashghar in the 1920's.
Acquisition
The ms. was part of the Jarring collection of Eastern Turkistan manuscripts donated to the Lund University Library in 1982.
Prov. no. 421 of 557. Go to: 1 ... 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 ... 557