A Persian explanation of the 12th portion (juzʾ) of the Qurʼan, preceded by traditions about prayer.
- Holding institution:
- Bodleian Libraries
- Data provider:
- Bodleian Libraries
- Title:
- A Persian explanation of the 12th portion (juzʾ) of the Qurʼan, preceded by traditions about prayer.
- Date:
- Mid-nineteenth century
- Description:
- Binding: Leather-covered boards with textile overcover; now detatached and housed separately.Contents: Various Prophetic traditions about prayer (ff. 1a–8b). An anonymous exposition in Persian of the 12th juzʾ of the Qurʼān, Q: 11:6 - 12:52, incipit: رب يسر بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وتمم بالخبر وما من دابة ونيست يا هيچ جنبیده في الارض در زمین (ff. 9a–66b).Decoration: None.Dimensions: 220 × 130 mm.Hand: Coarse naskh.Layout: One column of 19 lines per page.Origin note: Thought to originate in the Tirah Valley, now in Pakistan.Record origin: Description based on the catalogue record in Fihrist (2023).
- Language:
- Persian
Arabic - Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Geographic region:
- Pakistan, Tirah Valley
- Provenance:
- Former owner: Kirwan, Rev. Robert Mansel"Presented to Keble College in 1899 by Rev. R. M. KirwanChaplain to 1st DivisionTirah Expeditionary Force1897-8 and Keble alumnus. Accompanying notes reads: “Taken from a native house at Bagh in the Afridi Tirah in December 1897”. See 'Keble Manuscript 24: A Problematic Provenance' for more details of this problematic provenance (https://heritage.keble.ox.ac.uk/special-collections/keble-manuscript-24-a-problematic-provenance/)."
- Medium:
- Paper
- Extent:
- ff. 67.
- Rights:
- Photo: © Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, Terms of use: http://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/terms.html
- Identifier:
- Keble College MS 24
- Is part of:
- Arabic Manuscripts and Maps