Baḥr al-jawāhir بحر الجواهر al-Harawī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf الهروي، محمد بن يوسف and Two lists of weights and measures

Content

(1) al-Harawī (الهروي), Baḥr al-jawāhir (بحر الجواهر, ff. 1r-365v);

(2) Two lists of weights and measures (ff. 366r-368v)

Extent and format

Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. i+369+i

It is grouped into

Baḥr al-jawāhirبحر الجواهر al-Harawī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf الهروي، محمد بن يوسف

730 images

Ref: IO Islamic 2171, ff 1r-365v

Two lists of weights and measures

6 images

Ref: IO Islamic 2171, ff 366r-368v

Physical characteristics

Material: Pink (to f. 296) and peach-coloured Eastern laid paper

Dimensions: 232 x 156 mm leaf [163 x 91 mm written]

Foliation: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Library foliation in pencil; Eastern Arabic foliation in black ink

Ruling: Misṭarah ; 15 lines per page; vertical spacing 10 lines per 10 cm

Script: Naskh ; the scribe changes at f. 3v, line 2, and again at f. 294r, line 11.

Ink: Black ink, with head words overlined in red

Decoration: None

Binding: Mottled brown leather case binding with gold-stamped motifs on the spine

Condition: Binding and sewing fragile with head endband exposed; leaves in good condition

Marginalia: Collation marks and some notes and corrections throughout

Seals: Ff. 1r and 369v

Written in

Arabic, Farsi and Persian in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IO Islamic 2171

History of this record

Date(s)

1096 (AH, Hijri qamari)

Provenance

• Fort William College Library, its seal (ff. 1r and 369v)
• Three seals, defaced (f. 1r)
• ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Ṭabīb (عبد الهادي الطبيب): his inscription (f. 1r)
• Muḥammad Sulṭān al-Khūlashkī (محمد سلطان الخولشكي): his collation note (f. 1r)

Immediate source of acquisition

Acquired by Fort William College, Calcutta (Kolkata) in 1825, then deposited at the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. in 1937.

Related material

Finding aids

Loth, Otto, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. (London: Printed by order of the Secretary of State for India in Council, 1877), Item 1024, p. 283.

Subjects

Medicine--Early works to 1800

People & organisations

Avicenna

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