Or 4504 (St. Pancras, British Library)

Oriental Manuscripts

1 copy of Guldastah by Sa‘dī

A Pushto translation of Sa'di's Gulistan

Translator: Translated into Pashto by Khaṭak, ʻAbd al-Qādir Khān, 1653-1713 خټک، عبد القادر خان

Incipit: منت دي خداي لره چه غالب او لوي دي او عبادات ئي سبب د نزدیک دي

Colophon: ثنا ده خداي لره چه دا کتاب ګلستان افغاني تصنیف تالیف د عبد القادر زوي د خوشحال خان خټک په سعي د قلم خام رقم د دي بنده سراپا سقیم سید عظیم سره په سن دولس سوه یو اویا کښ څه شمار شهر اوس پینڅ ویشتم د رمضان المبارک ده اتمام او اختتام ئي بیاموند

Language(s): Pushto

References

Mackenzie no.159

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 129 ff

Dimensions (leaf): 23.5 × 13.5 cm.

Dimensions (written):

Decoration

History

Origin: 1271 AH; 1855 CE

Record Sources

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

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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Or 4504 (St. Pancras, British Library)

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