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Summary of Contents: عين الحيات A complete copy of the same poem [as W. 4], presented to Professor Browne by Dr Rizá Tevfiq in August, 1909. Ff. 90 of 22.2 x 15 c. and 22 ll. Clear Turkish naskh with rubrications. Transcribed by Darwísh 'Abdu'l-Fattáh Yazíjí and dated 9 Rajab 1217/5 November, 1802.
Author: Ág-Kirmání Naqshí
Title: 'Aynu'l-Hayát
Title: عين الحيات
Title: The Fountain of Life

A complete copy of the same poem as the defective copy at W. 4; the author's name is given here in the rubric on f. 1. Transcribed by Darwísh 'Abd al-Fattáh Yazíjí, dated 9 Rajab 1217 (5 November 1802).

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 90
Dimensions (leaf): 22.2 × 15 cm.

Layout

22 lines

Hand(s)

Clear Turkish naskh with rubrications.Transcribed by Darwísh 'Abd al-Fattáh Yazíjí

History

Origin: 9 Rajab 1217/5 November, 1802 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented to Professor Browne by Dr Rizá Tevfiq in August, 1909.

Passed to Cambridge University Library in 1936 (the "Browne Bequest").

Record Sources

Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.

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