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Ghālib va maghlūb

by Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 133

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: Persian
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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106 unnumbered pages ; 27 x 18 cm Manuscript 11 lines per page, Indian nasta'alīq, rubricated Catch words, marginal glosses The collection ends with a short piece (ff. 51b-53a) on divination by a special tablet On magic, dreams and its interpretation, divination, etc This is composition no.1 of a manuscript with 7 compositions 1. Risālah dar bayān-i da'vāt (muqaṭṭa'āt), 2. Ghālib va maghlūb, 3. Khulāsah-i 'ilm-i nafas, 4. Ta'bīr-i khvāb, 5. Mashvarat, 6. Fāl-nāmah, 7. Nuskhah-i raml Holding in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Blacker Wood Rare Books: Seven titles bound together subsequent to production: no.1 (ff.1b-12b). 1248 [1832]. -- no.2 (ff.13a-14b). 1248 [1832]. -- no.3 (ff.15b-19b). 1248 [1832]. -- no.4 (ff. 19b-33a). 1248 [1832]. -- no.5 (ff. 34a-40b). 1248 [1832]. -- no.6 (ff.40b-49a). 1248 [1832]. -- no.7 (ff. 49a-51b). 1248 [1832] Purchased by Ivanow in Lucknow in 1927 Black cloth binding, wormed and damaged, stab sewn

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Divination and oracles, Out-of-body, astral, and dream studies, and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the description and “Magic” in the subject metadata.

    • “Magic”· in description
    • “Magic”· in subject
  • Divination and oracles

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

    • “Divination”· via Internet Archive
    • “Divination”· in description
    • “Divination”· in subject
  • Out-of-body, astral, and dream studies

    Retained metadata contains “Dream interpretation” in the subject metadata.

    • “Dream interpretation”· in subject

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1248-01-01T00:00:00Z [institutional description: 1832 CE]—Persian—Public digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: McGill University Library
  • Date normalization: Internet Archive search metadata reports 1248; the contributing institution's description supplies 1832 as its Gregorian equivalent.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: toronto
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