MS. Bodl. Or. 394 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: One copy of 's Chaghatay Gul u Nawrūz, apparently missing the first six chapters.
Language(s): Chaghatay
Title: Gul u Nawrūz
Title: گل و نوروز
Rubric: گل و نوروز کتابینینك اوّلی
A note on folio 124b states that the work was originally written on تأریخ سکز یوز اون تورت = 814 AH (i.e. in 1411/2 CE) and dedicated to Sikandar Sulṭān سکندر سلطان, better known as Iskandar Mīrzā اسکندر میرزا, grandson of Amīr Temür and ruler of much of western Iran in the early 1400s CE.
Language(s): Chaghatay
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 125 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 16.5 × 11.4 cm.
Collation
Folios 81-88 are upside down.
Layout
Single column of 9 lines per page throughout.
Hand(s)
Script: Coarse nesḫ. Scribe unknown.
History
Origin: Place of origin unknown. Per the colophon, this copy was completed on 10 Šawwāl 994 AH; 24 September 1586 CE: تأریخ توقوز یوز توقسان تورتدا مبارك شوّال آیینینك اونونجی کونی
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