V. 58 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: كتاب شیخ صنعان [و] ترسا The story of Shaykh Şan'án and the Christian girl, for love of whom he contravenes the precepts of Islám by drinking wine, acting as a swine-herd, and worshipping an idol, until finally the girl, moved by his love, embraces Islám, while he recovers his odour of sanctity amongst his astonished and scandalized disciples, is well known, and occurs in Shaykh Farídu'd-Din 'Attár's Mantiqut-Tayr. For other versions see Rieu's Pers. Suppl., No. 376, p. 234b, and also his Turk. Cat., pp. 185 and 302. The poem contained in this MS. I cannot identify, nor can I find any mention of the author's name, but it is dedicated (f. 13b) to Sultán 'Abdu'l-Majid: در مدح پادشاه اسلام پناه سلطان البر والبحر صاحب الكر والفر مالك الحر والقر السلطان عبد المجيد خان الغازى مد الله ظله الى آخر الزمان If the king in question be the Ottoman Sultán 'Abdu'l-Majid, the poem is quite modern, of the nineteenth century, and the following reference to artillery appears to support this view: ز رشك بانگ طوپش بر عراده بجان برق صد آتش فتاده The poem, which comprises about 1700 verses, begins: خداوندا دلم بی نور گشته ز قسوت سرمه سنگ طور گشته The actual story begins on f. 19b: کهن پیران سخن آغاز کردنددر دیر فصاحت باز کردند که اندر شهر صنعان بود پیری گروه مردمان را دستگیری The MS., one of thirteen bought in May, 1902, for £25 from J. J. Naaman, comprises 58 ff. of 19'6 x 13'7 c. and 15 ll., and is written in a large and clear but ungraceful ta'liq with rubrications, and dated 1272/1855-6.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 58
Dimensions: 19.6 × 13.7 cm.
Layout
15 lines
Hand(s)
A large and clear but ungraceful ta'liq with rubrications
History
Origin: 1272 AH; 1855-6 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
The MS., one of thirteen bought in May, 1902, for £25 from J. J. Naaman.
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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