MS. Elliott 401 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Elliott Collection
Contents
Short extracts from the dīvāns of Persian poets, compiled by ʻAlī Bāshī and entitled Bayāz̤-i ashʻār.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: ff. 162
Layout
13 to 17 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Script: Very careless Shikastah. Scribe: ʻAlī Bāshī
Decoration
Binding
History
Origin: ; 1162 AH; 1749 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Sir Gore Ouseley.
The collections of John Bardoe Elliott.
Presented to the Bodleian Library by J.B. Elliott, in 1859.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
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