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Bāṭil al-siḥr

by Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 131

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: Persian
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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790 unnumbered pages 23 x 12 cm Manuscript Title appears on the first page, copy date from colophon 11 lines per page, Indian Nastaʻlīq hand, rubricated Catch words, marginal glosses This is composition no.3 of a manuscript with 11 compositions 1. Asnād-i chihil ism-i Bārī Ta'ālā, 2. Risālah dar khavāṣṣ-i Qur'ān, 3. Bāṭil al-siḥr, 4. Risālah-i ḥurūf, 5. Risālah-i ṣifāt-i ḥayvānāt va nabātāt, 6. Ta'bīr-nāmah-i Imām Ja'far, 7. Sharḥ-i du'ā-yi Jawshan-i ṣaghīr, 8. Compositions on magic properties of different sūrahs of the Qur'ān and some prayers, 9. Fāl-nāmah-i Ja'far Ṣādiq, 10. Aḥkām-i nikāḥ, 11. Tract on cabbalistic meaning of letters, propitious days, etc Holding in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Blacker Wood Rare Books: Eleven titles bound together subsequent to production: no.1 (ff.1b-31b). 1215 [1801]. -- no.2 (ff.31b-127b). 1215 [1801]. -- no.3 (ff.128a-167b). 1215 [1801]. -- no.4 (168a-173b). 1215 [1801]. -- no.5 (ff.173b-222b). 1215 [1801]. -- no.6 (ff. 223a-256a). 1215 [1801]. -- no.7 (ff. 256a-288b). 1215 [1801]. -- no.8 (ff. 289a-346a). 1215 [1801]. -- no.9 (ff. 346a-363a). 1215 [1801]. -- no.10 (ff. 363b-381a). 1215 [1801]. -- no.11 (ff. 381a-395b). 1215 [1801] Black cloth binding, wormed, stab sewn Purchased by Ivanow in Lucknow in 1927

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Divination and oracles and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the description and “Magic” in the subject metadata.

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1215-01-01T00:00:00Z [institutional description: 1801 CE]—Persian—Public digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: McGill University Library
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  • Internet Archive institutional collection: toronto
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