Or 13802 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Summary of Contents: Khamsa: The five mas̲navī poems of Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3, نظامى گنجوى , works 1-5; and the five mas̲navī peoms of Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, ca. 1253-1325, امير حسرو دهلوى , works 6-10; and one containing ten letters, work 11
1. f 1v-62v
Author: Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3 نظامى گنجوى
Title: Makhzan al-asrār
Title: مخزن الأسرار
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 48.
2. f 63v-251r
Author: Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3 نظامى گنجوى
Title: Khusraw va Shīrīn
Title: خسرو و شيرين
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 48.
3. f 251v-378r
Author: Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3 نظامى گنجوى
Title: Laylà va Majnūn
Title: لىلى و مجنون
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 48.
4. f 379v-515r
Author: Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3 نظامى گنجوى
Title: Haft paykar
Title: هفت پيكر
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 48.
5. f 515v-794r
Author: Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3 نظامى گنجوى
Title: Iskandarnāmah
Title: اسکندرنامه
Language(s): Persian
f. 515v-700r
Title: Sharafnāmah, شرفنامه
f. 700v-794r
Title: Iqbālnāmah, اقبالنامه

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 48.
6. f 1v-62v, margins
Author: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, ca. 1253-1325 امير حسرو دهلوى
Title: Maṭlaʻ al-anvār
Title: مطلع الانوار
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 52.
7. f 178v-321v, margins
Author: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, ca. 1253-1325 امير حسرو دهلوى
Title: Āʼīnah-ʼi Sikandarī
Title: آئينۀ سکندرى
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 52.
8. f 322v-465v, margins
Author: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, ca. 1253-1325 امير حسرو دهلوى
Title: Shīrīn va Khusraw
Title: شيرين و خسرو
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 52.
9. f 466v-544r, margins
Author: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, ca. 1253-1325 امير حسرو دهلوى
Title: Hasht bihisht
Title: هشت بهشت
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 52.
10. f 544v-653v, margins
Author: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, ca. 1253-1325 امير حسرو دهلوى
Title: Qirān al-saʻdayn
Title: Qirānnāmah
Title: قران السعدين
Title: قران ناته

Tittle has been supplied by Waley 1998, page 52.

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 52.
11. f 655v-676r, margins
Author: Ibn ʻImād Khurāsānī, d. circa 800/1397-8 بن عماد خراسانی
Title: Dah nāmah
Title: ده نامه

Ten love letters in verse; also called Rawz̤at al-muḥibbīn ( روضة المحبين )

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 52.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 794 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 22 × 13 cm.

Decoration

Illustrated

History

Origin: 824 AH ; Herat

Record Sources

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

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