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1. Add MS 6940

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Title:
Ardā vīrāf nāmah اردا ویراف نامه by Zartusht Bahrām
Scope & Content:
The Ardā vīrāf nāmah (اردا ویراف نامه), a poetical version in Persian by Zartusht Bahrām ibn Pazhdū of the book of Ardā Vīrāf, based on a Pahlavi original of the 9th/10th century describing Arda Viraf's journey through heaven and hell and his return home afterwards. Copied by the Rev. John Hadd...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+64+i

2. Add MS 6998

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Title:
Ṣad dar صد در attributed to Īrānshāh ibn Malikshāh ایرانشاه ابن ملکشاه
Scope & Content:
The Ṣad dar (صد در) attributed to Īrānshāh ibn Malikshāh (ایرانشاه ابن ملکشاه). A popular version of the 100 Zoroastrian rules composed in Persian verse in Kerman in 1494 (14 Muharram 900 AH) at the request of Shahriyār ibn Ardashīr ibn Bahrāmshāh. Copied by the Rev. John Haddon Hindley (1765-1...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Persian
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+236+ii

3. Add MS 7914

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Add MS 7914
Title:
Majmu'a / مجموعه
Scope & Content:
1 (1v-22v): Baḥr al-hudā A didactic qaṣīda. By Shaybānī, i.e. Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad Shaybānī Khān. 2 (23v-49v): Tuḥfat al-salāṭīn Selected verses of Navā’ī. Compiled by ‘Abd al-Jamīl Kātib. 3 (50v-114r): Gul va Navrūz The romance of Princess Gul and Prince Navrūz, in verse. By Luṭfī. 4 (115v...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai
Date Range:
914
Extent:
Codex; 12 texts; 337 ff.

4. Add MS 11559

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Add MS 11559
Title:
A collection of twenty-six Druze texts
Scope & Content:
Part two of a collection of Druze texts in four volumes. This volume contains twenty-six texts. The other volumes are Add MS 11558, Add MS 11560, Add MS 11562.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:

Codex; ff.105

5. Add MS 11560

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Add MS 11560
Title:
Collection of fifteen Druze texts
Scope & Content:
Part three of a collection of Druze texts in four volumes. This volume contains fifteen texts. The other volumes are Add MS 11558, Add MS 11559, Add MS 11562.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. 105

6. Add MS 11624 A

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Add MS 11624 A
Title:
Dictionary of the Lao language ວັດຈະນານຸກົມພາສາລາວ
Scope & Content:
(A): Lem 1 Fol. 1: The first line is an overview of the Lao alphabet in the order that is used in this dictionary. Fols. 1-26: section 1, contains the words k’o to ah Fols. 27-49: section 2, contains the words kok to oek Fols. 49-74: section 3, contains the words kon to loem In general, wor...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Lao
Date Range:
1780-1839
Extent:
74 folios

7. Add MS 11624 B

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Add MS 11624 B
Title:
Dictionary of the Lao language ວັດຈະນານຸກົມພາສາລາວ
Scope & Content:
(B): Lem 2 Fols. 1-6: section 3 continued, contains the words von to oen Fols. 7-23: section 4, contains the words kob to oeb Fols. 24-53: section 5, contains the words kong to oeng Fols. 54-71: section 6, contains the words kod to let
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Lao
Date Range:
1780-1839
Extent:
71 folios

8. Add MS 11624 C

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Add MS 11624 C
Title:
Dictionary of the Lao language ວັດຈະນານຸກົມພາສາລາວ
Scope & Content:
(C): Lem 3 Fols. 1-4: section 6 continued, contains the words vot to oet Fols. 5-26: section 7, contains the words kom to oem Fols. 27-73: section 8, contains the words koei to am Fol. 74: colophon
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Lao
Date Range:
1780-1839
Extent:
74 folios

9. Add MS 12279

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Add MS 12279
Title:
Bhāratayuddha
Scope & Content:
Bhāratayuddha. The beginning of the volume is Old Javanese text, each line followed by a word-for-word explanation in Modern Javanese. On f. 146r, a second section begins, ing andap punika pratelanipun ing lapal kimawon tanpa makna, and is Old Javanese only. A romanised Malay note inside ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Javanese and Old Javanese
Date Range:
1814
Extent:
1 volume; 178 folios

10. Add MS 12321

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Add MS 12321
Title:
Undang Wangsul Kutara Manawa Sastra, extracts from the Ramayana in Old Javanese and Javanese, and and eye-copy of the Old Javanese Cane charter
Scope & Content:
A: ff. 1r.-36r. Undang Wangsul KutaraManazva Sastra. The note on the MS saying this is ‘from a copy on palm leaves given to me [Crawford] in 1814 by the Raja of Blilling [Boleleng]’ actually belongs on Add. 12336 and the note on that MS belongs here. According to Jonker, 1885, p. 33, this is a s...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Javanese and Old Javanese
Date Range:
1814
Extent:
1 item