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Or 14614

Record Id:
032-004343360
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Or 14614
Title:
1 copy of Muḥīṭ-i aʻẓam by Bīdil, ʻAbd al-Qādir, 1644 or 5-1720 or 21
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
208 ff
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1700-1799
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Bīdil, ʻAbd al-Qādir, 1644?-1721?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121345831,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/57523601
Bīdil, ʻAbd al-Qādir, 1644?-1721?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121345831,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/57523601
Subjects:
Masnavis, Persian
Persian poetry 1500-1796
TEI:

Oriental Manuscripts

Or 14614

Contents

1 copy of Muḥīṭ-i aʻẓam by Bīdil, ʻAbd al-Qādir, 1644 or 5-1720 or 21

Author: Bīdil, ʻAbd al-Qādir, 1644 or 5-1720 or 21 بيدل، عبد القادر
Title: Muḥīṭ-i aʻẓam
Title: Sāqīnāmah
Title: محيط أعظم
Title: ساقینامه

A philosophical and didactic poem containing many illustrative stories

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 54.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 208 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 25 × 15 cm.

History

Origin: Afghanistan or Transoxiana; Early or mid 12th century AH

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on M. I. Waley: Supplementary handlist of Persian manuscripts, 1966-1998. London, 1998

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