MS. Ouseley 152 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Ouseley Collection
Contents
A collection of versified tales and elegies on the death of Imam Ḥusayn.
ff. 1-5 [ff. 86b-82a]
Title: Kitāb-i Mūsh u Gurbah
Title: كتاب موش و گربه
Language(s): Persian
References
ff. 27-35 [ff. 61-54a]
Title: Kitāb-i Ismāʻīl Qurbān
Title: كتاب اسماعيل قربان
Language(s): Persian
References
ff. 35-90 [ff. 54b-1]
Title: Kitāb-i Ḥaydar Bayg
Title: كتاب حيدر بيگ
Language(s): Persian
For an almost identical collection, see: Persian MS 133 (The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester)
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: ff. 90
Dimensions (leaf):
Dimensions (written):
Layout
Hand(s)
Script: Nastaʻlīq.
Binding
History
Origin: Undated.
Provenance and Acquisition
Mr. Franklin Thomas, 1788.
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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