V. 21 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: گلشن راز A poor and modern copy of the Gulshan-i-Ráz, or "Rose-garden of Mystery,"
of Shaykh Maḥmúd-i-Shabistarí, a celebrated compendium of Súfi doctrine in
Persian mathnawí verse first made known in Europe by Dr Tholuck a century ago,
and edited with English translation by E. H. Whinfield in 1880. See my Persian
Literature under Tartar Dominion, pp. 146-150, Rieu's Persian Catalogue, pp.
608-609, etc. The work was composed in 710/1311 in answer to questions submitted
to the author from Khurásán. The text of this work occupies ff. 1b-48b, and is
followed by two short prose treatises, the first on Oneiromancy (ff. 49a-58b), the
second on the Science of the Breath (ff. 59a-66b).
of Shaykh Maḥmúd-i-Shabistarí, a celebrated compendium of Súfi doctrine in
Persian mathnawí verse first made known in Europe by Dr Tholuck a century ago,
and edited with English translation by E. H. Whinfield in 1880. See my Persian
Literature under Tartar Dominion, pp. 146-150, Rieu's Persian Catalogue, pp.
608-609, etc. The work was composed in 710/1311 in answer to questions submitted
to the author from Khurásán. The text of this work occupies ff. 1b-48b, and is
followed by two short prose treatises, the first on Oneiromancy (ff. 49a-58b), the
second on the Science of the Breath (ff. 59a-66b).
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 66
Dimensions: 15 × 10.5 cm.
Layout
12 lines
Hand(s)
Poor but legible ta'líq.
History
Origin: 1223 AH; 1808 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.
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