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Bāb al-z̤amīr

by Mu'īn al-Dīn 'Abd al-Majīd Jāmi'ī, author

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: Persian
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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42 unnumbered pages 25 x 16 cm Manuscript Copy date from text (f.5b) 17 lines per page, Indian Nastaʻlīq / shikastah hand, black ink throughout Catch words, marginal glosses It is dedicated to the Emperor Aurangzīb Includes various magical recipes relating to numbers, bulding a house, etc (ff. 3a-13a, 20a-21b) This is composition no.2 of a manuscript with 2 compositions Holding in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Blacker Wood Rare Books: Two titles bound together subsequent to production: no.1 Qiyāfah-nāmah (ff.1a-3a). 1221 [1806]. -- no.2 Bāb al-z̤amīr (ff.13b-18b). 1221 [1806] Black cloth binding, wormed, repaired and remargined, stab sewn Purchased by Ivanow in Lucknow in 1927

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Why this book is in the catalog

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 subject metadata.

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    • “Magic”· in subject
  • Divination and oracles

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

    • “Divination”· via Internet Archive
    • “Divination”· in subject
    • “oracle”· in subject

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1221-01-01T00:00:00Z [institutional description: 1806 CE]—Persian—Public digitized item

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: McGill University Library
  • Date normalization: Internet Archive search metadata reports 1221; the contributing institution's description supplies 1806 as its Gregorian equivalent.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: toronto
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