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کشف اللّغات والاصطلاحات Kashf al-lughāt wa al-iṣṭilāḥāt, undated (original text compiled 16th Cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 418

Scope and Contents

A famous Persian dictionary, chiefly for the purpose of explaining the terminology of the Sufis, by ‘Abd al-Raḥīm bin Aḥmad Sūr, of Bihar, who flourished about 950 A.H., 1543 C.E.

Written by various hands. See A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library by Mohammad Hukk et al. (1925) for details.

Dates

  • Creation: undated (original text compiled 16th Cent. C.E.)

Language of Materials

Persian (Script: nasta'līq-shikastah)

Conditions Governing Access

Open. Please contact the repository in advance.

Full 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).

Physical Description

Title and author's name in gilt letters on the back of the binding.

Processing Information

Annotation uses legacy data from Mohammed Hukk et al. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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