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Or 5415

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032-004342646
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Or 5415
Title:
A miscellany, consisting mainly of fragments
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
77 ff
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1500
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
1500-1699
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
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Names:
Buhlūl
Nāẓim
Shahjahan, Emperor of India, 1592?-1666,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066751721,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/13108102
Shahjahan, Emperor of India, 1592?-1666,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066751721,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/13108102
Shāh Shujā‘
ʿAṭṭár, Farīd al-Dīn, d 1230
Subjects:
Arabic language--Dictionaries--Persian
Ghazals, Persian
India--History--1526-1765
Masnavis, Persian
Mogul Empire
Persian poetry
Sufi poetry, Persian
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Oriental Manuscripts

Or 5415

A miscellany, consisting mainly of fragments

Contents

Summary of Contents: 6 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Arabic language, Mogul Empire, India, Masnavis, Ghazals, Sufi poetry, and Persian poetry
1. 2r-5v ff
Title: An Arabic-Persian glossary

Imperfect at both ends

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.90.
2. 6v-34v ff
Title: Part of a mas̲navī

On the history of the reign of Shāh Jahān, approximately 1592-1666 شاه جهان , beginning with his accession and ending with the birth of Prince Shāh Shujā‘ شاه شجاع

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.90.
3. 35r-53v ff
Author: Nāẓim ناظم
Title: Some ghazals
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.90.
4. 54v-65v ff
Author: ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, -approximately 1230 فرید الدین عطّار Ascribed to ‘Aṭṭār
Title: Vaṣlatnāmah
Title: وصلتنامه

A mystical mas̲navī

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.90.
5. 67v-71v ff
Author: Buhlūl بهلول An allegorical poem ascribed to ‘Aṭṭār but actually by Buhlūl
Title: Gul u Bulbul
Title: گل و بلبل
Title: Bulbulnāmah
Title: بلبلنامه
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.90.
6. 54v-65v ff
Author: ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, -approximately 1230 فرید الدین عطّار
Title: A portion of the Manṭiq al-Ṭayr
Title: منطق الطیر
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.90.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 77 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 30 × 20 cm.

History

Origin: 16th-17th 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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