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1. Add MS 7826

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Add MS 7826
Title:
Xusraw û Şîrîn - خوسراو وو شیرین
Scope & Content:
A masnavi poem on the story of Khusraw and Shirin in the Gorani dialect (related to Zazaki, considered by some to be a Kurdish language). A series of additional couplets in Nastᵓaliq hand can be found on f. 1r. The manuscript was copied in 1231 AH (1816 CE) and is incomplete at the beginning...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Kurdish
Date Range:
1231
Extent:
1 text, 151 ff

2. Add MS 7829

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Add MS 7829
Title:
Two Gorani Poems
Scope & Content:
Two poems in the Gorani dialect (related to Zazaki and considered by some to be a Kurdish language). ff. 1r-67v : Kitāb-i Khurshīd-i Khāvar, the story of Khurshīd, son of the King of Khāvar Zamīn and Khirāmān, the daughter of the Emperor of China. ff. 68v-134v : Kitāb-i Laylá va Majnūn, the ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Kurdish
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
2 texts, 134 ff

3. Add MS 23554

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Add MS 23554
Title:
Bahram û Gulandam - باهرام و گولاندام
Scope & Content:
A masnavi poem in the Gorani dialect (related to Zazaki and classified by some as a Kurdish language). Bahram û Gulandam is the love story of Bahrām, son of King Kishwar, and Gulandām, daughter of the Emperor of China. The manuscript is incomplete at the beginning and end. Some folios are wate...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Kurdish
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 text, 53 ff

4. Add MS 26319

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Add MS 26319
Title:
[Five texts in Persian, English, Kurdish (Laki and Ardalani) and Chagatai]
Scope & Content:
A codex of three texts compiled separately: ff. 1v-4r : Laki Kurdish-Persian glossary ff. 5v-7r : Ardalani Kurdish-Persian glossary ff. 9r-10r : Kurdish-English glossary ff. 11v-16r : Chagatai-Persian glossary of unusual terms in the Vaqiat-i Baburi ff. 18v-30v : Jām-i Jahānnamāī in Persian.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai, English, Kurdish, and Persian
Date Range:
18th century - 19th century
Extent:
Codex; ff. 30

5. Add MS 26319, ff. 1v-4r

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Add MS 26319, ff. 1v-4r
Title:
[Persian-Laki Kurdish Glossary]
Scope & Content:
A glossary of common terms in Laki Kurdish with their equivalents in Persian. It appears from a short preamble, dated at Bushehr on 12 April 1811, that this glossary was compiled by Muhammad Husain Khan for Sr. John Malcolm.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Kurdish and Persian
Date Range:
1811
Extent:
1 item, ff. 4

6. Add MS 26319, ff. 5v-7r

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Add MS 26319, ff. 5v-7r
Title:
[Persian-Ardalani Kurdish Glossary]
Scope & Content:
A glossary of common terms in Ardalani Kurdish with their equivalents in Persian. It appears from a short preamble, dated at Bushehr on 12 April 1811, that this glossary was compiled by Muhammad Husain Khan for Sr. John Malcolm.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Kurdish and Persian
Date Range:
1811
Extent:
1 item, ff. 3

7. Add MS 26319, ff. 9r-10r

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Add MS 26319, ff. 9r-10r
Title:
[English-Kurdish Glossary]
Scope & Content:
A glossary of common terms in Kurdish (in transliteration) with their equivalents in English.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Kurdish
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item, ff. 2

8. IO Islamic 4443

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IO Islamic 4443
Title:
Mr. Rich's Papers: Various Manuscripts in Oriental Characters
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous documents in Turkish, Persian, Arabic and Ahıskaca. Apparently from the papers of Claudius James Rich. The sizes of the papers vary and are provided in the appropriate child records attached this overview.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Georgian, Kurdish, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
Codex, 28 ff

9. IO Islamic 4443 ff 12r-v

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IO Islamic 4443 ff 12r-v
Title:
Multilingual vocabulary
Scope & Content:
This page includes a vocabulary of important words in Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Persian, Luri and Kurdish.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, Kurdish, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 text, 1 ff

10. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41

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IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41
Title:
A Handbook of Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
This file consists of six volumes containing intelligence on Mesopotamia. These volumes are: Volume I: General (August 1916); Volume I: General (Second Edition, November 1918); Volume II: Irak [Iraq], The Lower Kārūn, and Luristan (May 1917); Volume III: Central Mesopotamia with Souther Kurdista...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, English, Kurdish, Persian, and Syriac
Date Range:
1916-1918
Extent:

6 volumes (1329 folios)