MS. Elliott 317 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
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Oriental Manuscripts
Elliott Collection
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1 copy of Sabʻah Sayyārah by Alisher Navoiĭ, 1441-1501
Title: Sabʻah SayyārahTitle: سبعه سیّارهTitle: Bahrām u DilārāmTitle: بهرام و دلآرامIncipit: ای سپاسینک دیماکدا ایل تیلی لال ایلکا تیل سیندین اولدی تیلکا مقالLanguage(s): Chaghatay, PersianThe fourth mathnawī of Navāʼī's Khamsah. For the other three surviving volumes of a five volume set copied by the same anonymous scribe, see: MS. Elliott 287, MS. Elliott 408, and MS. Elliott 339
References
Ethé 2118Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 65 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 10¾ × 7¼ in.Layout
Hand(s)
Small, but distinct Nastaʻlīq
History
Origin: Almost certainly completed in Herat; 890 AH; 1485 CE for the library of the Timurid prince Badīʻ al-Zamān, Sultan of Khorasan, -approximately 1514.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 1889-1953Availability
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