Add. 311 (University Library, Cambridge University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: Collection of short stories with the general title Qiṣṣahhā-yi Fārsī va Hindī قصه های فارسی و هندی
1.
Part of the Persian version of the Arabian Nights comprising the first 135 nights
Title: Alf laylah wa-laylah
Title: الف ليلة وليلة
Title: Arabian Nights
Language(s): Persian
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Title: Qiṣṣah-ʾi chahār darvīsh
Title: قصۀ چهار درويش
Title: قصۀ چار درويش
Language(s): Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu)
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Physical Description
Form: codex
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History
Origin: undated 1229 AH; 1814 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
The manuscript seem to have been presented 0n 13th Dec 1864 by Rev. Professor Mayor to the late Professor Palmer (1840-1882), who donated it to the Library.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on E. G. Browne: A hand-list of the Muhammadan manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, 1900 E. G. Browne: A catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, 1896 abbreviated by the OCIMCO project team.
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