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1 copy of Yūsuf Zulaykhā by Jāmī, 1414-1492

Author: Jāmī, 1414-1492
Title: Yūsuf Zulaykhā
Title: يوسف زليخا

A metrical translation of Jāmī's Yūsuf va Zulaykhā

Translator: Translated into Pashto by Khaṭak, ʻAbd al-Qādir Khān, 1653-1713 خټک، عبد القادر خان
Incipit: اول حمد وایم د حق چه هغه دي تر هر چیز فائق

Introductory verses are omitted and begins in the middle of the preface. First two pges are illuminated in gold on the margins and between the lines

Language(s): Pushto

References

Mackenzie no.124

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 150 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 24.5 × 16 cm.

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History

Origin: 19th century CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on James Fuller Blumhardt and D.N MacKenzie : Catalogue of Pashto manuscripts in the British Isles, 1965.

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