MS. Rawlinson Or. 7 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Rawlinson Collection
Contents
Ḳavsnāme
Language(s): Ottoman Turkish
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A treatise on archery, by Muḥammed bin Yūnus ed-Dervāzī (or according to the only other copy extant, see W. Pertsch, Berlin Cat., pp. 182 and 183, ed-Dūrāzī), called el-Müfrid (so in the text, on fol. 1b, last line) or el-Müfred (so in the title at the top of fol. 1b); it is based on the works of the famous archer of Tūs, Master Ṣalaḥuddīn استاد صلاح الدين القوّاس الطوسى, viz. the کتاب ابتداء القوس and the کتاب هديه and was composed at the request of some friends and lovers of the craft. Beginning: الحمد لله ... قال العبد الضعيف محمد بن يونس الدروازى المشهور الملقب بالمفرد. This copy is incomplete at the end.
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Physical Description
Layout
1 column of varying number of lines per page
Hand(s)
(Hand 1) Script: Nesḫ
(Hand 2) Script: Dīvānī
History
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Richard Rawlinson, d. 1755.
The Rawlinson bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1756.
Record Sources
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