جامع الرموز Jāmi‘ al-rumūz, undated copy (original text composed 16th cent. C.E.)
Scope and Contents
A complete commentary on the Wiqāyat al-Hidāyah of ‘Ubayd-Allāh b. Maḥmūd b. Maḥmūd al-Maḥbūbī, also known as "Ṣadr al-Sharī‘ah", who lived in the seventh century of the ḥijrah. The author of the commentary is Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Khurāsānī Quhistānī, (d. circa 950 A.H., 1543 C.E.).
Dates
- Creation: undated copy (original text composed 16th cent. C.E.)
Creator
- al-Khurāsānī, Muḥammad b. Jalāl al-Dīn (scribe) (Scribe, Person)
Language of Materials
Arabic (Script: naskh)
Physical Description
Bound with OR MS. 371
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Extent
1 volume
Other Finding Aids
Hukk, Mohammed Ashraful; Ethé, Hermann; and Robertson, Edward, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library (Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd., 1925).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated to the University of Edinburgh Library by Adam Anderson, nephew of the collector, James Anderson, in 1844.
Physical Description
Bound with OR MS. 371
Processing Information
Annotation uses legacy data from Mohammed Hukk et al. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library.
Source
- Anderson, Adam, 1797-1853 (Scottish judge and Senator of the College of Justice) (Donor, Person)
- Anderson, James, 1758-1833 (Persian Interpretor, East India Company) (Former owner, Person)
Creator
- al-Khurāsānī, Muḥammad b. Jalāl al-Dīn (scribe) (Scribe, Person)
Repository Details
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