MS. Selden Superius 51 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Contents

2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Muḥammad, Islamic Empire, Caliphs, and Islamic eschatology

1. ff. 1-100a
Author: ʻAfīfah Nūr Kāshānī عفیفه نور کاشانی
Title: Maṭāliʻ al-anwār fī tarjamat al-āthār
Title: مطالع الأنوار في ترجمت الآثار
Language(s): Persian

References

Ethé 142
2. ff. 100b-110
Author: Anonymous
Title: Miʻrāj-nāmah
Title: معراج نامه
Title: Sukhan-i Miʻrāj
Title: سخن معراج
Language(s): Persian

References

Ethé 143

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 110 ff.
Dimensions (leaf):

Layout

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq

History

Origin: n.d.

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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JISC

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