MS. Elliott 258 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Elliott Collection
Contents
A collection of 12 works by 11 authors on the subjects of Persian poetry, riddles, and sufism.
ff. 182b-185
Title: Dībāchah-ʼi ʻAbd al-Ṣamad
Title: ديباچۀ عبد الصمد
Language(s): Persian
References
ff. 186b-251a
Title: Qaṣāʼid-i Mirzā Jalāl-i Asīr
Title: قصائد مرزا جلال اسير
Language(s): Persian
References
ff. 307b-324b
Title: Sūz u Gudāz
Title: سوز و گداز
Incipit: الهى خندهام را نالگى ده سر شكم را جكر پركاله ده
Language(s): Persian
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: ff. 338
Dimensions (leaf):
Dimensions (written):
Layout
Hand(s)
Script: Nastaʻlīq. Scribe: Mullā ʻAbd Allāh.
Binding
History
Origin: 1097 AH; 1686 CE
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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