MS. Whinfield 1 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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1 copy of Shāhnāmah by Firdawsī

Author: Firdawsī فردوسی
Title: Shāhnāmah
Title: شاهنامه
Language(s): Persian

References

BP 2541

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 545 ff.
Dimensions (leaf):

Layout

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq

History

Origin: Jotpur n.d.

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Sir Edward Henry Whinfield, d. 1922.

The Whinfield manuscripts were bequeathed to the Indian Institute, Oxford, in 1922, and later transferred to the Bodleian Library.

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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