MS. Laud Or. 69 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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A copy of Shamʻī's Turkish commentary on the Būstān.

Author: Şemi Şemullah, Prizrenli, 16th cent. Shamʻī شمعى
Title: Sharḥ-i Būstān
Title: شرح بوستان
Language(s): Persian, Turkish

References

Ethé 745

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ff. 389
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Turkish script

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History

Origin: Rabīʻ II 1001 AH; January 1593 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

The Library of Archbishop William Laud, d. 1645.

Donated to the Bodleian Library by Archbishop William Laud, 1635-41.

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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JISC

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