MS. Selden Superius 95 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
A partially erased note on folio 4a, line 2 indicates that the text (or perhaps the manuscript?) was dedicated to a certain سلطان شاه (...) الحسینی بهادر خان Sulṭān Shāh (...) al-Ḥusaynī Bahādur Khān.
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Translated from the Persian of the section on خطای Khiṭāy (roughly northern China) during the reign of شاهرخ میرزا Shāh Rukh Mīrzā, 1377-1446 in یزدی Yazdī's ظفرنامه Ẓafarnāmah of تیمور Timur, 1336-1405.
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Translated from the Persian of the section on India in 1441-1442 AD/845 AH, during the reign of شاهرخ میرزا Shāh Rukh Mīrzā, 1377-1446 in ʿAbd al-Razzāq Kamāl al-Dīn ibn Isḥāq al-Samarqandī, 1413-1482 عبد الرزاق کمال الدین بن اسحاق السمرقندی ‘Abdurazzāḳ Kemāleddīn bin İsḥāḳ el-Semerḳandī 's مطلع السعدین ومجمع البحرین Maṭlaʻ al-saʻdayn wa-majmaʻ al-baḥrayn.
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An anonymous anecdote from the life of سعدی شیرازی Saʻdī Shīrāzī .
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An anonymous anecdote from the year 1202-1203 599, during the reign of the Salghurid Atabeg سعد بن زنگی Saʻd ibn Zangī, patron of سعدی شیرازی Saʻdī Shīrāzī .
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An anonymous anecdote from the year 1400-1401 AD/ 803 AH, during the reign of تیمور Timur, 1336-1405.
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Physical Description
Layout
Single column of 12 lines per page on folios 1a-24b.
Single column of 20 lines per page on folios 25b-39a.
Single column of 16 lines per page on folios 49a-146b.
Hand(s)
Script: Nasta‘līq with some Shikasta-style ligatures. Scribe unknown.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of John Selden.
Presented to the Bodleian Library by Selden's estate in 1659.
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