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E. G. Browne Collection

Summary of Contents: کتاب حسین و حسن A short mathnawi poem on the Imáms Hasan and Husayn, beginning: بنظم آورم قصه آن دو شاه
شود یاورم کو معین اله It comprises about 300 verses, is entirely unhistorical in character, being filled
with marvels, and is, I am informed, commonly learned by heart by Persian children,
with the "Cat and Mouse" (Mush & Gurba) of 'Ubayd-i-Zákání and the Nisab of
Abú Naşr-i-Faráhí. This copy, in a poor, cursive ním-shikasta, was made at the end of 1285/March
-April, 1869, by a woman named Zahrá Bibi, and was acquired with the other
Schindler MSS. in January, 1917. It comprises 24 ff. of 16'3 x 10'2 c. and 7 ll.

Author: anonymous محمد بن محمد

Title: Kitāb-i Ḥusayn va-Ḥasan

Title: كتاب حسين وحسن

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: Ff. 24

Dimensions: 16.3 × 10.2 cm.

Layout

7 lines

Hand(s)

This copy, in a poor, cursive ním-shikasta

History

Origin: 1285 AH; 1869 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquired with the other Schindler MSS. in January, 1917.

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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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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