Or 11976 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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A volume of extracts mainly poetical

Contents

4 works by 2 authors on the subject of Persian poetry

1. 1v-24r ff
Title: Ṣūrat-i vaṣīyatnāmah
Title: صورت وصیتنامه

Consisting of murāsalāt , mostly of a literary and mystical character, connected with Yaghmā Jandaqī, Abū al-Ḥasan, approximately 1782-1859 and his circle

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.83.
2. 24v-40v ff
Author: Ḥāfiẓ حافظ
Title: Faṣl-i bahārnāmah
Title: فصل بهارنامه

A selection of poetry

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.83.
3. 41v-186v ff
Author: Qā’ānī, Habīb Allāh Shīrāzī, 1808-1854 قاعانی, حبیب الله شیرازی
Title: Qaṣīdahs
Title: قصائد

Containing an extract from his Parīshān پریشان 41v-61r

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.83.
4. 61r-64r ff
Title: A single qaṣīdah
Title: قصیده
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.83.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 162 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 26.6 × 16.3 cm.

Condition

Imperfect at end

History

Origin: 1277 AH

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.

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