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1 copy of Būstān by Saʻdī

Author: Saʻdī سعدى
Title: Būstān
Title: بوستان

A copy of Saʻdī's Būstān, followed f 143v by several ghazals

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Sims-Williams 1986, page 9.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 147 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 23.5 × 12.5 cm.

Decoration

Illuminated ʻunvān and decorated margins

Seal(s):

Seals dated 1172 and 1187

History

Origin: Not after 1172 AH

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on U. Sims-Williams: Handlist of Islamic manuscripts acquired by the India Office Library 1938-85. London, 1986

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