MS. Whinfield 23 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts Whinfield Collection

1 copy of Laṭāʼif al-lughāt by ʻAbbāsī, ʻAbd al-Laṭīf, -1639 or 1640

Author: ʻAbbāsī, ʻAbd al-Laṭīf, -1639 or 1640 عبد اللطيف بن عبد الله العبّاسي

Title: Laṭāʼif al-lughāt

Title: Farhang-i Mas̲navī

Title: لطائف اللغات

Title: فرهنگ مثنوی

A Glossary to the Mathnawī.

Language(s): Persian

References

BP 2574

no. 2574

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: ff. 228

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Nastaʻlīq

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History

Origin: 3rd Rabīʻ I 1103 AH; 24th December 1691 CE

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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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World