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Or 6444
- Record Id:
- 032-003468713
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003468713
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100089504658.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 6444
- Title:
- Gorani Anthology
- Scope & Content:
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A poetical anthology in oblong safīna format. The anthology contains 370 poems by various authors, including Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Muṣṭafá, Mawlānā Ḥāfiẓ Farhād and Ḥasan.
ff. 1-8r : A masnavi poem about the Prophet Muhammad and the four first Caliphs in Persian.
ff. 8v-54v : A collection of poetry in the Gorani language, closely related to Zazaki and sometimes grouped as a dialect of Kurdish.
ff. 55a-84b : A devotional tract composed by the poet Hasan, largely as ghazals; ff. 55a-75r are largely in Gorani or Persian; ff. 75v-84v contain fully vocalized Arabic texts.
Many folios are missing edges and some texts are incomplete, despite repairs undertaken. Ownership stamps are present on ff. 12v and 51v.
The codex was copied in 1197-98 AH (1782-84 CE).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003468713
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003468713
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 codex, 84 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Kurdish
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1197
- End Date:
- 1198
- Date Range:
- 1197-98
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Likely in the region of Besaran, contemporary Iran.
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper
Dimensions : 230 mm x 80 mm
Foliation : Western; folios have occasionally been assigned page numbers
Ruling : No set text area size; many folios are missing edges that contained text
Script : Naskh
Ink : Main text in black ink, with the occasional usage of red ink for titles, catchwords and illumination
Binding : British Museum binding
- Custodial History:
- Partially legible ownership stamps can be found on 12v and 51 v.
- Source of Acquisition:
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Purchased from Mr. Mirza Said on 14 October 1902.
- Publications:
- Many of the poems have been published in the original and in English translation in Anwar Soltani, Anthology of Gorani Kurdish Poetry (London: The Soane Trust for Kurdistan, 1997).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)