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Rumi's Masnavi-yi ma'navi, 6 daftars

1 copy of Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavī by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273

Author: Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273 بلخى، مولانا جلال الدين محمد بن محمد

Title: Mas̲navī-'i maʿnavī

Title: مثنوی معنوی

Good copy of Rumi's Masnavi in 6 daftars, but lacking the prose prefaces, in fine nastaʿlīq

Daftars: 1) f. 1v; 2) f. 47v; 3) f. 88v; 4) f. 140v; 5) f. 182v; 6) f. 230v

Dated colophon: Shaʿbān 854/September 1450 by Luṭf Allāh al-Kātib at Kāshghar

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 283 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 245 × 152 mm.

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History

Origin: Shaʿbān 854 AH; September 1450 CE Kashgar ; Central Asia

Record Sources

Based on published description in Arberry, A.J., 'Notes on Islamic manuscripts recently acquired by the India Office Library,' in Islamic Culture, vol. 13, no. 4 (Oct. 1939), pp. 440-458.

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