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E. G. Browne Collection

Summary of Contents: گلستان سعدی The following description by Professor Browne is written on the fly-leaf: "The
Gulistan of Sa'di, received as a present from Muftí-záda Izzí Bey of Nicosia,
Cyprus, with letter [which is pasted on the last page] dated March 5, 1925, on
March 15 of the same year. From the Table of Contents on ff. 1-2 it would
appear that this formed only a small part of a large volume of selected Persian
writings. Ff. 41 of 24'8 x 14 c. and 23 ll. Excellent ta'liq with rubrications; dated in
colophon Rabi 1, 1061/Feb-March, 1651."

Author: Saʿdī سعدی

Title: Gulistān-i Saʻdī

Title: گلستان سعدی

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: Ff. 41

Dimensions: 24.8 × 14 cm.

Layout

23 lines

Hand(s)

Excellent ta'liq with rubrications

History

Origin: 1061 AH; 1651 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Received as a present from Muftí-záda Izzí Bey of Nicosia, Cyprus, with letter dated March 5, 1925, on March 15 of the same year.

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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