Collection MS037 - Book of Purity and Prayer

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Book of Purity and Prayer

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MS037

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  • 17??-19?? (Creation)

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1 bound manuscript, 628 p.
47 p. of loose sheets

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Fair copy in an unknown hand or hands. Commentary on the original manuscript has been added around the margin and on inserted loose sheets. -- Contents page is illuminated in red, gold and blue. Some pages have been bound incorrectly, that is upside down. Text is predominantly Arabic with some Persian. Table of contents is in Persian. The manuscript contains instructions on conduct for living an Islamic life.

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Manuscript belonged to Hafiz Ahmed, son of Alhajd Abdulah, of Istanbul, Turkey. It was acquired from Barry Brown in the late 1960s.

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  • Arabic
  • Persian

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MS037

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