Or 14614 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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1 copy of Muḥīṭ-i aʻẓam by Bīdil, ʻAbd al-Qādir, 1644 or 5-1720 or 21

Author: Bīdil, ʻAbd al-Qādir, 1644 or 5-1720 or 21 بيدل، عبد القادر
Title: Muḥīṭ-i aʻẓam
Title: Sāqīnāmah
Title: محيط أعظم
Title: ساقینامه

A philosophical and didactic poem containing many illustrative stories

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 54.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 208 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 25 × 15 cm.

History

Origin: Afghanistan or Transoxiana; Early or mid 12th century AH

Record Sources

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

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