MS. Elliott 280 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Elliott Collection
Contents
A composite manuscript containing works on politics, Persian poetry, and the Afghani language.
ff. 81-131
Title: Dīvān-i S̲anāʼī
Title: Dīvān-i Thanāʼī
Title: ديوان ثنائى
Extracts only.
Language(s): Persian
References
ff. 133b-177
Title: Kifayat al-mubtadī
Title: كفاية المبتدى
A treatise on the Afghani language.
Language(s): Persian
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: ff. 177
Layout
Hand(s)
Script: Nastaʻlīq. Scribe: Dawlat Singh.
Decoration
Binding
History
Origin: Shāhjahānābād; 1198 AH; 1783 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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