MS. Ouseley 256 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Ouseley Collection
Contents
Three mathnawīs from the Khamsah of Amīr Khusraw.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: ff. 153
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Dimensions (written):
Layout
Hand(s)
Script: Nastaʻlīq. Scribe: Maḥmūd ibn Mīr Bābā Shāhidī. Scribe: Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad Kātib.
Binding
History
Origin: Rajab 970 AH; February 1563 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Sir William Ouseley, d. 1842.
Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1843.
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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Funding of Cataloguing
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