Or 15666 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Manuscript containing two works

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Manuscript containing two works

1. ff 1v-31v
Author: Munshī Ghulām Rasūl منشی غلام رسول
Title: Persian primer

Composed for a European, perhaps by one Munshī Ghulām Rasūl: see note on front flyleaf. This work comprises the following sections: Introduction to the alphabet; Conjugation of the Verb Amudun, to come; Infinitives of Verbs; Familiar Dialogues; Letters; Some words and Phrases of general use.

Other contents: front endpaper, note: ‘Dear Anderson / This Book is sent you / by your old Moonshee / Golaum Russool / Yours sincerely (?) / P (?) W Spottiswoode / 6 March 1796’.

Title supplied.

Language(s): Persian
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2. ff 32v-79v
Author: Saʻdī سعدی
Title: Gulistān
Title: گلستان

Part of the classic work by Sa‘dī, here evidently intended to serve as an introduction to Persian literary prose style. Included in this manuscript are Bāb 1 and most of Bāb 2.

Language(s): Persian with quotations in Arabic.
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Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Thin off-white paper, probably Indian.
Extent: 79 ff, plus 5 blank.
Dimensions (leaf): 225 × 152 mm.
Dimensions (written): 150 × 92 mm.

Condition

Layout

Hand(s)

Excellent nasta‘līq; Arabic passages in naskhī.

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Binding

Plain red morocco binding.

History

Origin: 1750 - 1796 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

Anderson (note dated 6 March 1796)

2000-10-12

Purchased at Christies sale 12 October 2000, part of Lot 223.

Record Sources

Based on unpublished description in M.I. Waley, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts acquired 2000-2014.

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