MS. Elliott 167 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Elliott Collection
Contents
Selections from the dīwāns of 12 Persian poets, including the poetess Nihānī.
Fols. 1-25.
Title: ديوان سعدى
Title: Dīwān-i Saʻdī
Qaṣīdahs and Ghazals only.
Language(s): Persian
References
Fols. 25b-34b.
Title: [Ghazalīyāt]
Title: [غزليات]
Incipit: اى زخيال الخ
Language(s): Persian
A very small selection only.
References
Fols. 35-44.
Title: [Ghazalīyāt]
Title: [غزليات]
Incipit: ترا ای نازنین هر سوز دلها صد سپه بادا الخ
A short selection only.
Language(s): Persian
References
Fols. 44a-53b
Title: Intikhāb-i ashʻār-i Ḥayratī
Title: انتخاب اشعار حيرتى
A selection of poetical works.
Language(s): Persian
References
Fols. 53b-60a
Language(s): Persian
References
Fols. 82-91
Title: Intikhāb-i ashʻār-i Humāyūn
Title: انتخاب اشعار همايون
Language(s): Persian
References
Fols. 91a-101a
Title: Intikhāb-i ashʻār-i Fighānī
Title: انتخاب اشعار فغانى
Contains some ghazals.
Language(s): Persian
References
Fols. 101b-108b
Title: انتخاب اشعار فدائى و بنّائى
Language(s): Persian
References
Fols. 122a-151b
Language(s): Persian
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 151 ff.
Dimensions (leaf):
Layout
Hand(s)
Nastaʻlīq
History
Origin: Undated.
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Sir Gore Ouseley.
The collections of John Bardoe Elliott.
Presented to the Bodleian Library by J.B. Elliott, in 1859.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953
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