Or 15583 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Oriental Manuscripts

Yusuf va Zulaykha

1 copy of Yūsuf va Zulaykhā by Jāmī

The allegorical poem on the story of Joseph and Zulaykhā, by ‘Abd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d. 898/1492).

Other contents, in Urdu unless otherwise specified: f. 1v and 2r, marginal notes explaining words in the text; front endpapers and f. 145v, verses of love poetry in Urdu; front endpapers and f. 1r, scribbles; f. 146v, medical recipes and a note requesting money; back endpaper, note of a payment, and English inscription: ‘Mahabharata in Persian verse by Faizi’.

Undated.

Language(s): Persian

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Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 146 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 265 × 156 mm.

Hand(s)

Poor nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Sūbah Singh Sundī, a resident of Botala, district of Sinthala (in Punjab)

Decoration

Headings in red.

Additions:

Binding

Boards covered with worn paper, apparently from an exercise book.

History

Origin: India

Provenance and Acquisition

Not known

Record Sources

Based on unpublished description in M.I. Waley, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts acquired 2000-2014.

Availability

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