MS. Ouseley 28 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Contents

Summary of Contents: 4 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Islam, Avestan manuscripts, Epic literature, Persian poetry, and Love poetry
1. ff. 1-32
Author: Anonymous
Title: An apologetic treatise on Islamic doctrines
Language(s): Persian

References

Ethé 1780
no. 1780
2. ff. 34-43
Title: Rām Yasht
Title: رام يشت
Language(s): Avestan in Arabic characters

References

Ethé 1940
no. 1940
3. ff. 44-66
Author: Anonymous
Title: Qiṣṣah-ʼi Bānū Gushasp
Title: قصّۀ بانو گشسپ
Language(s): Persian

References

Ethé 509
no. 509
4. ff. 69-234
Author: Jāmī, 1414-1492 عبد الرحمٰن جامی
Title: Yūsuf u Zulaykhā
Title: یوسف و زلیخا
Language(s): Persian

References

Ethé 904
no. 904

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 234 ff.

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq

History

Origin: n.d. 10th cent. ? AH; n.d. 16th cent. ? CE

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Sir William Ouseley, d. 1842.

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1843.

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

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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