MS. Huntington 598 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Huntington Collection
Contents
1 copy of Bakhtyārnāmah by Unknown
Title: Bakhtyārnāmah
Title: بختيارنامه
A facsimile copy is kept in SOAS Library at ms. 29191
Colophon:
Language(s): Uighur, and Persian.
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: ff. 148
Dimensions (leaf): 25.4 × 16.5 cm.
Dimensions (written):
Layout
Hand(s)
Splendid Uighur characters with Persian/Arabic headings in neo-kufic. Manṣūr
History
Origin: 1st Dhū al-Ḥijjah 838 AH; 28th June 1435 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1693 as part of the collections of Robert Huntington.
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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