Or 14087 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Summary of Contents: 2 works by Humāmī Iznīqī on the subjects of Persian poetry, Qasidas, and Turkish poetry 17th century

2. f 5r-6v

Title: Abyāt

Selected verses from two ornate qaṣīdas in Persian

The first is that of Qivāmī, قوامی , who lived in the 6th century, bayts 30-44, 47-49, and 10

Title has been supplied by Waley 1998, page 39.

Language(s): Persian

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 39.

3. f 7v-14v

A qaṣidah describing the poem as a nazira of Qivāmī, قوامی , who lived in the 6th century

Language(s): In Turkish with a preface in Persian

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 43.

Form: codex

Extent: 15 ff

Dimensions (leaf): 21 × 14 cm.

Origin: 939 AH 10th or 11th century AH Ottoman Empire

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

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