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Or 5331

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Or 5331
Title:
A miscellany entitled
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
175 ff
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1899
Date Range:
1700-1899
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Ibn al-ʻArabī, 1165-1240,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121441989,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/95223177
Jāmī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad, 1414-1492,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121431529,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/90042997
Subjects:
Arabic language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
Arabic literature 1258-1800
Chinese language--Dictionaries
Fables, Persian
Islam
Persian literature
Sufism
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Oriental Manuscripts

Or 5331

A miscellany entitled Kitāb-i Tūngānah bi-Lafẓ-i Fārsī کتاب تونگانه بلفظ فارسی

Contents

Summary of Contents: 5 works by anonymous authors on the subjects of Persian literature, Sufism, Arabic language, Chinese language, Islam, Arabic literature 1258-1800, and Fables
1. 2r-42r ff
Title: Part of a Sufic work

In the form of a dialogue between the Pīr and the Murīd and another work largely based on the Ma‘ārij al-Nubuwwah معارج النبوّه

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.89-90.
2. 43v-71v ff
Title: Part of a theological work

Based on the Naqd-i Nuṣūṣ نقد نصوص , a commentary by Jāmī جامی on the Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam فصوص الحکم of Ibn al-‘Arabī ابن العربی >

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.89-90.
3. 71v-81r ff
Title: An Arabic-Chinese glossary

The Chinese is in Arabic script

Language(s): Arabic and Chinese

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.89-90.
4. 81v-95r ff
Title: An extract from an Arabic religious work

With some Chinese glosses in Arabic script

Language(s): Arabic and Chinese

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.89-90.
5. 95v-175v ff
Title: Extracts from a number of works

Extracts from the Javāmi‘ al-Ḥikāyāt جوامع الحکایات , Risālah dar Ma‘rifat al-Nafs va al-Khāliq رساله در معرفة النفس و الخالق , Marzubānnāmah مرزباننامه , Kalīlah va Dimnah کلیله و دمنه , and Jāmi‘-i Maqāmat جامع مقامات

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.89-90.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 175 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 24.9 × 14.2 cm.

Condition

Defective at beginning and end

Decoration

Written on Chinese paper

History

Origin: 18th-19th century CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.

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