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Summary of Contents: ذم الفناء A collection of qasidas, bearing the title Dhammu'l-Faná, which (as a must here signify) is equivalent to De contemptu mundi. According to the late Mr E. J. W. Gibb, whose letter accompanies the MS., this work was composed by a certain Muslihu'd-Dín-oghlu of Sirsirat (probably for Siristad), in Bozqir, a district in the south-west of the vilayet of Qoniya. Begins: ثنا و حمد لا يُحْصَى سما ای خالق فیاض امثال لله سنسن قادر (0) فیاض (قباض) كه يوقدر سكا Ff. 122 of 21 x 15.4 c. and 16 ll. Defective at the end. Poor but legible Turkish naskh. Bought at Kazan by Professor E. H. Minns in September, 1898.Author: Muslihu'd-Dín-oghlu of SirsiratTitle: Dhammu'l-FanáTitle: ذم الفناءA collection of qasidas; the title is equivalent to De contemptu mundi. Composed, per a letter of the late E. J. W. Gibb that accompanies the manuscript, in Bozqir, a district in the south-west of the vilayet of Qoniya.
Incipit: ثنا و حمد لا يُحْصَى سما ای خالق فیاض امثال لله سنسن قادر فیاض كه يوقدر سكاLanguage(s): Ottoman TurkishPhysical Description
Form: codexSupport: PaperExtent: Ff. 122, defective at the endDimensions (leaf): 21 × 15.4 cm.Layout
16 lines
Hand(s)
Poor but legible Turkish naskh.
History
Origin:Provenance and Acquisition
Bought at Kazan by Professor E. H. Minns in September, 1898.
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.Availability
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