MS. Selden Superius 23 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Contents

Summary of Contents: 4 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Persian poetry, Ghazals, Mogul Empire, Universal history, and Tales
1. ff. 1-141
Author: Mīrzā Khanjar Bīg میرزا خنجر بیگ Khanjar خنجر
Title: Dīvān-i Khanjar
Title: ديوان خنجر
Language(s): Persian

References

Ethé 1032
2. ff. 148b-267b
Author: Sām Mīrzā, 1517-1576 or 7 سام ميرزا
Title: Tuḥfat-i Sāmī
Title: تحفة سامی
Language(s): Persian

References

Ethé 165
3. ff. 268b-383a
Author: Anonymous
Title: An anonymous collection of tales and traditions
Language(s): Persian

References

Ethé 345
4. ff. 389b-421a
Author: Walī Sirhindī ولی سرهندی Khwājah Zādah خواجه زاده
Title: Tawārīkh-i Jahāngīrshāhī
Title: تواریخ جهانگیرشاهی
Title: Farhang-i badīʻ al-lughāt-i Jahāngīrī
Title: فرهنگ بدیع اللغات جهانگیری

Author's holograph

Language(s): Persian

References

Ethé 231

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 421 ff.

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq

History

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of John Selden.

Presented to the Bodleian Library by Selden's estate in 1659.

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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