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A descriptive catalogue of the Arabic, Persian and Urdu manuscripts in the University of Bombay library

Type
Descriptive catalogue
Languages
Arabic, Persian, Urdu
Manuscripts
243
Collections
University of Bombay Library
Sources
Attested in: Not independently checked

Description (Biswas 1998)

Description of 243 mss. with extracts, notes, etc. Various indices. Consists of two collections (1) [Government collection of Arabic, Persian and old Urdu manuscripts located in the University of Bombay Library], (p. 1-260) and (2) Arabic and Persian manuscripts of belonging to University of Bombay library, (mss. I-lxii; p. 261-342). The Government collection contains 114 volumes comprising in all 181 works of which 152 Persian, 17 Arabic, 11 Dakhni or old Urdu and 1 Hindustani. The University collection consists of 62 volumes of which 4 Arabic and 58 are in Persian including 20 on Zoroastrian literature.

From S. C. Biswas, Bibliographic Survey of Indian Manuscript Catalogues (Delhi, 1998), no. 0139, as printed; OCR text, may contain errors.

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