Or 5327 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Oriental Manuscripts

Miscellany

Summary of Contents: 5 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Iran, Timurids, Mogul Empire, India, Afghanistan, Persian literature, and Fables

1. 1v-110r ff

Author: Mīr Khvānd, Muhammad ibn Khāvandshāh, 1433-1498 Mīr Khvānd محمد ابن خواندشاه میر خواند

Title: Rawz̤at al-Ṣafā

Title: روضة الصفاء

The last volume, containing the reign of Ḥusayn Bayqarā, 1438-1506 حسین بیقرا

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.89.

2. 110v-214v ff

Author: Rashīd Khān رشید خان

Title: Laṭā’if al-Akhbār

Title: لطائف الاخبار

A detailed account of the seige of Qandahār by Dārā Shikūh in 1063

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.89.

3. 215v-263r ff

Author: Muḥammad al-Bulghārī محمد البلغاری

Title: Nuzhat al-Mulūk

Title: نزهة الملوک

Anecdotes collected by Muḥammad al-Bulghārī, divided into 8 bāb, each of which contains two items

The work was written in the reign of Jahānshāh Qaraqoyunlu

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.89.

4. 264r-288v ff

Title: Dar Faz̤īlat va Sharaf-i Insān bar Ḥayvanāt

Title: در فضیلات و شرف انسان بر حیونات

A controversy of an allegorical nature between men and beasts in 14 faṣls

Copied in 1091

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.89.

5. 289v-296v ff

Title: An anecdote

An anecdote about Muḥammad Riz̤ā which describes his love affair with a beautiful girl, the daughter of a man named Ḥusayn, and his marriage to her in the face of opposition from her father, thanks to the help of the king whose name is not mentioned

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.89.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 296 ff

Dimensions (leaf): 26.3 × 16.4 cm.

History

Origin: 17th-18th century CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.

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