IO Islamic 3774 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Baharistan of Jami

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1 copy of Bahāristān by Jāmī, 1414-1492

Collection of moralistic stories in prose and verse modelled on Saʿdī's Gulistān

Seals of ownership (ff. 10r, 21v, 112r), mentioning the names Aḥmad ʿAlī ghulām-i Ḥaydar, Valī Muḥammad known as Shāhīn Khān

Later replacement folios (ff. 1-5)

Title page added later (see IO Islamic 3776 and IO Islamic 3786a-b)

IOL stamp: 19 Mar. 1909

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

Title: Bahāristān

Title: بهارستان

Author: Jāmī, 1414-1492 جامى

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 112 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 180 × 106 mm.

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History

Origin: 17th-18th centuries CE ; India or Afghanistan

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