Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Or 13726 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Oriental Manuscripts

Contents

Three epic poems

1. f 1v-41r

Approximately the last quarter of the Shāhnāmah ( شاهنامه ) of Firdawsī, d. 415/1025

Title has been supplied by Waley 1998, page 47.

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 47.
2. f 458r-565v

A poem, in the manner of Firdawsī, d. 415/1025, on the exploits of Barzū

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 47.
3. ff 566r-596v

An epic concerning the Iranian king Jamshīd Mainly derived verbatim from the mas̲navī of Asadī Ṭūsī, Abū Manṣūr Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 11th cent. called Garshāsbnāmah ( گرشاسبنامه ) , on the story of Garshāb completed in circa 447 / 1056

Title has been supplied by Waley 1998, page 48.

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 48.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 596 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 33 × 21 cm.

History

Origin: 13th century AH ; India

Record Sources

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

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