Or 13163 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Oriental Manuscripts

Contents

Volume containing several works

1. ff 1v-243v (Central text)

Author: Ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, d. ca. 760 ابن المقفع، عبد الله ابو عمر

Translator: translator Naṣr Allāh Munshī, 12th cent. نصر الله منشى Abūʼl Maʼālī Naṣr Allāh Munshī ibn Muḥammad

Title: Kalīlah va Dimnah

Title: كليله و دمنه

The animal fables of Bīdpāy

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 67.

2. ff 1v-190r (magins)

Compiler: Compiler Saʻd al-Dīn al-Varāvīnī, 13th cent. سعد الدين الواروينى

Title: Marzbānnāmah

Title: مرزبان‌نامه

A collection of tales. This version was compiled between 607-622 by Saʻd al-Dīn al-Varāvīnī

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 66.

3. ff 190v-216r (magins)

Compiler: Compiler Yūsuf ibn ʻAlī Mustawfī يوسف بن على مستوفى

Title: Khiradnāmah

Title: خردنامه

Sacred sayings of ʻAlī, together with verses from the Shāhnāmah ( شاهنامه ) of Firdawsī and anechdotes

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 3.

4. ff 216v-238r (margins)

Author: Ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, d. ca. 760 ابن المقفع، عبد الله ابو عمر

Translator: Translator Anonymous

Title: Risālah-yi Qalamiyyah

Title: رسالۀ قلمية

The Persian translation made around 633 of the lost Arabic text al-Adab al-vajīz li-ʼl-valad al-ṣaghīr ( الادب الوجىز لالولد الصغیر )

Language(s): Translation from Arabic

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 15.

5. ff 238v-242v

Author: ʻAlī al-Riḍā ibn Mūsá, d. 818 or 19 على الرضا ابن موسى

Translator: Anonymous

Title: Risālah-ʼi ṭibb

Title: Al-risālat al-ẓahabiyyah

Title: رسالۀ طب

Title: الرسالة الظهبیة

A Persian translation of al-risālat al-ẓahabiyyah, ( الرسالة الظهبیة ) , a medical tract in Arabic attributed to the Imām ʻAlī al-Riḍā ibn Mūsá

Language(s): Translation from Arabic

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 31.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 243 ff

Dimensions (leaf): 17 × 10 cm.

History

Origin: Early 9th century AH ; Southern Iran

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on M. I. Waley: Supplementary handlist of Persian manuscripts, 1966-1998. London, 1998

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