MS. Whinfield 7 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Contents

Summary of Contents: 4 works by Farāhī, Barkhvurdār ibn Maḥmūd, 16th cent on the subjects of Epic literature, Persian folk tales, and Persian prose literature
1. ff. 1-177
Author: Farāhī, Barkhvurdār ibn Maḥmūd, 16th cent. برخوردار بن محمود ترکمان فراهی Mumtāz ممتاز
Title: Shamsah wa-Qahqahah
Title: شمسه و قهقهه
Language(s): Persian

References

BP 2535
2. ff. 178-331
Author: Farāhī, Barkhvurdār ibn Maḥmūd, 16th cent. برخوردار بن محمود ترکمان فراهی Mumtāz ممتاز
Title: Maḥbūb al-qulūb
Title: محبوب القلوب
Language(s): Persian

References

BP 2535
3. ff. 332-389
Author: Farāhī, Barkhvurdār ibn Maḥmūd, 16th cent. برخوردار بن محمود ترکمان فراهی Mumtāz ممتاز
Title: Bāb az Kitāb-i Raʻnā Zībā
Title: باب از كتاب رعنا زيبا
Language(s): Persian

References

BP 2535
4. ff. 390-437
Title: A fragment of a book of tales
Language(s): Persian

References

BP 2535

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 437 ff.
Dimensions (leaf):

Layout

Hand(s)

Naskh and Nastaʻlīq

History

Origin: 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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