X. 5 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: الطايف الظرايف A collection of anecdotes in Persian. There appears to be no indication of
authorship,
Begins :
اول ثنای دوست فصیحان ادا کنند آری طعام را به نمك آشنا کنند حمد بیحد و شکر بی عدد حضرت فرد و صمد و خداوند احد The work ends on f. 188a and is followed by various poems, some by Yaghmá,
rubá'ís, etc. Ff. 215 of 32,3 x 18,7 c. and 15 ll. in the middle of the page and 26 in margins.
Dated (on f. 188) 1253/1837-8. Large and rather illegible ta'liq.
authorship,
Begins :
اول ثنای دوست فصیحان ادا کنند آری طعام را به نمك آشنا کنند حمد بیحد و شکر بی عدد حضرت فرد و صمد و خداوند احد The work ends on f. 188a and is followed by various poems, some by Yaghmá,
rubá'ís, etc. Ff. 215 of 32,3 x 18,7 c. and 15 ll. in the middle of the page and 26 in margins.
Dated (on f. 188) 1253/1837-8. Large and rather illegible ta'liq.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 215
Dimensions: 32.3 × 18.7 cm.
Layout
15 lines in the middle of the page and 26 in margins
Hand(s)
Large and rather illegible ta'liq.
History
Origin: 1253 AH; 1837-8 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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