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3911. Sloane MS 4088

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 4088
Title:
Acayıbu'l-mahlukat - عجائب المخلوقات
Scope & Content:
This volume contains Yazıcıoğlu Ahmet Bijan's abridged translation Acayıbu'l-Mahlukat. The author says in the preface that in the time of Alexander, the sages of the world had come together and described the wonders of the universe. In the age of Imām Shāfiᶜī, that work had been translated fro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 73 ff

3912. Sloane MS 4093

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 4093
Title:
Farman of Shah Tahmasp to ʿAli Quli Khan Shamlu, copy
Scope & Content:
Copy of a Farman of the Safavid ruler of Iran, Shah Tahmasp (r. 1524-1526) to ʿAlī Qulī Khān Shāmlū, ordering him to receive the Mughal Emperor Humayun on his entering Persian territory with instructions for his entertainment and onwarad passage to the Safavid court at Qazvin in AH 950 (1543/44).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 f.

3913. Sloane MS 4094

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 4094
Title:
List of caravanserais of Isfahan
Scope & Content:
A scroll measuring 9 feet by 5 1/2 ins. listing the caravanserais of Isfahan with an account of the various classes of merchants who use them. Undated but probably 18th century.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

1 folio

3914. Sloane MS 4095

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 4095
Title:
Dar dānistan-i ʿimārat va ṭarḥ-i ān
Scope & Content:
A paper scroll measuring 16 by 5 1/2 inches and explaining architectural technical terms related to various kinds of ornamental buildings.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 folio

3915. Sloane MS 4096

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 4096
Title:
[Vinayavibhaṅga]
Scope & Content:
A Mongolian-language scroll written in Mongolian script, likely the Vinayavibhaṅga. The scroll appears to be contemporary with Sloane MS 4093-4095. Although the contents of the text have yet to be confirmed, they likely contain explanations on rules for Buddhist monks translated from a Sanskri...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Mongolian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 text, 1 f

3916. Sloane MS 4098

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 4098
Title:
[Trading permit from King Sandawizaya of Arakan]
Scope & Content:
A permit from King Sandawizaya of Arakan (r. 1710-1731 A.D.) to the Armenian merchant Khwajeh Georgin, giving him permission to trade. Dated 1090 (1728 A.D.). Longest and earliest dated palm leaf in the Burmese Collection. In Arakanese.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Burmese
Date Range:
1728
Extent:
A single leaf

3917. Sloane MS 4099(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 4099(1)
Title:
Pātimokkha fragment
Scope & Content:
Fragment with an extract from the Pātimokkha.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Pali
Date Range:
1700-1753
Extent:
1 palm leaf

3918. Sloane MS 4099(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 4099(2)
Title:
Pātimokkha fragment
Scope & Content:
Fragment with an extract from the Pātimokkha.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Pali
Date Range:
1700-1753
Extent:
1 palm leaf

3919. Sloane MS 4099(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 4099(3)
Title:
Pātimokkha fragment
Scope & Content:
Fragment with an extract from the Pātimokkha.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Pali
Date Range:
1700-1753
Extent:
1 palm leaf

3920. Sloane MS 4099(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Sloane MS 4099(4)
Title:
Pātimokkha fragment
Scope & Content:
Fragment with an extract from the Pātimokkha, with explanations in Khmer language.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Central Khmer and Pali
Date Range:
1700-1753
Extent:
1 palm leaf

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