Or 2804 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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2 works by 2 authors on the subject of Pushto poetry

1.
Author: Ghanīmat, Muḥammad Akram, fl. 1685-1696 غنيمت، محمد اكرم
Title: Nayrang-i ʻishq
Title: نيرنگی عشق
Translator: Translated into Pashto by Momand, ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd, active 18th century مهمند، عبد الحميد

A Pushto translation of Ghanimat's romance of Shahid and Aziz

Incipit: پس لحمده لدروده واي دا دا پدر د ښکلي مخ ولاږ کدا
Language(s): Pushto

References

Mackenzie no.130
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Author: Hilālī, Badr al-Dīn, d. 1528 or 9 هلالي، بدر الدين
Title: Shāh u gadā
Title: شاه و گدا
Translator: Translated into Pashto by Momand, ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd, active 18th century مهمند، عبد الحميد

A Pushto translation of Hilali's story of the King and the Darvish

Incipit: دا اغاز مي پنامه د هغه خداي دي چئي نوم کره کشاي د شاه کداي دي
Language(s): Pushto

References

Mackenzie no.130

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: folios 1b-61 f. 62-117 f. 28 18.5

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History

Origin: 1871 CE 1872 CE

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Manuscript description based on James Fuller Blumhardt and D.N MacKenzie : Catalogue of Pashto manuscripts in the British Isles, 1965.

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