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Add MS 7908
- Record Id:
- 032-003393448
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003393448
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100054915176.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 7908
- Title:
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Khamsa-’i Navā’ī / خمسۀ نوائي
- Scope & Content:
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The five masnavī poems of ‘Alī Shīr Navā’ī (d. 906/1501).
1 (1v-41r): Ḥayrat al-abrār
A didactic poem (the first in this Khamsa) in emulation of Niẓāmī’s Persian Makhzan al-asrār.
2 (42v-113v): Sadd-i Iskandarī
A poem (the fifth in this Khamsa) composed in emulation of Niẓāmī’s Iskandarnāma.
3 (114v-159v): Sab‘a-’i sayyara
A poem (the fourth in this Khamsa) composed in emulation of Niẓāmī’s Haft paykar.
4 (160v-193r): Majnūn va Laylà
A poem (the third in this Khamsa) composed in emulation of Niẓāmī’s Laylà va Majnūn. Followed by a few lines of Navā’ī’s Naẓm al-javāhir, a translation of sayings of ‘Alī into Chaghatay rubā‘īs.
5 (194v-250r): Farhād va Shīrīn
A poem (the second in this Khamsa) composed in emulation of Niẓāmī’s Khusraw va Shīrīn.
Defective, lacking the last 100 bayts. Folio 250 is a replacement dated 1221/1806-7.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003393448
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003393448
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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Codex; ff. 250
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Chagatai
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper
Dimensions : 335 x 225 mm; text boxes 246 x 163 mm
Foliation : ff. 250
Pricking and Ruling : Black ink with red summaries and titles; gold-ruled text boxes with each fasl headed by gold leaf and blue illuminated frontispieces
Script : Nastaliq
Binding : Western binding
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Transoxiana, Central Asia, Asia
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Or 16183