MS. Elliott 249 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Elliott Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: Fragments of each of Jāmī's Yūsuf va-Zulaykhā, Hātifī's Laylā va-Majnūn, Hātifī's Khusraw va-Shīrīn, Hilālī's Shāh va-Gadā, and an anonymous mathnawī titled Maḥmūd va-Ayāz.
ff. 1-3 and 7-15
Title: Yūsuf va-Zulaykhā
Title: يوسف و زليخا
Fragments only.
Language(s): Persian
References
ff. 3-7 and 25-32
Title: Laylā u Majnūn
Title: ليلى و مجنون
Fragments only.
Language(s): Persian
References
ff. 15b-24b
Title: Khusraw va-Shīrīn
Title: خسرو و شیرین
Fragments only.
Language(s): Persian
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: ff. 47
Layout
Hand(s)
Script: Nastaʻlīq. Scribe: Shāh Maḥmūd Nīshāpūrī.
Decoration
Binding
History
Origin: ; 1096 AH; 1685 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of John Bardoe Elliott.
Presented to the Bodleian Library by J.B. Elliott, in 1859.
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
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
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