Kanz al-lughāt = Treasure of words
Item Overview
- Title
- Kanz al-lughāt = Treasure of words
- Alternative title
- Treasure of words
- Date Created
- 1658
- Collection
- Exhibit Collection of Near Eastern Manuscripts, 1492-1848
Notes
- Summary
- Persian dictionary of Koranic Arabic and Hadith terms. The author praises Sulṭan Muḥammad and his heir (2a) and calls them "The adornment of the Hall of the Musṭafawῑ lineage, and the decoration of the pride of the Murtaḍawῑ family," implying a Sayyid king, possibly Ṣafawid. If so, the named Sulṭan would be Sulṭan Muḥammad Khudābandah father of Shāh ̒Abbās, and the date of composition would fall between 1577-1586 CE.
- Description
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Minasian Collection of Near Eastern Manuscripts (Collection 1147), 1147/1Ms. 1057/1.
Author: Muḥammad ibn ̒Abd al-Khāliq ibn Ma ̒arῡf, fl. 16th cent?Scribe:Ibn Abῡ Turāb Muḥammad Ibrāhῑm (al-Ḥusayn?).Origin: Ṣafawid Persia
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 manuscript : 375 leaves : paper, ill.
- Dimensions
- 22 x 12 cm. (9 x 5 in.)
Keywords
- Genre
- manuscripts (document genre)
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
- Manuscripts--Arab countries
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- MS 1656/1
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz00090qwn
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- public domain