Or 5599 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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A manuscript containing dīvāns of poetry

Contents

5 works by 5 authors

1. ff 1r-51r
Author: Badr al-Dīn Hilālī بدر الدین هلالی
Title: Dīvān of Hilālī
Title: دیوان هلالی
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 50.
2. ff 53v-106r
Author: Aḥmad-i Jām أحمد جام
Title: Dīvān of Aḥmad-i Jām
Title: دیوان أحمد جام
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 50.
3. ff 108r-151r
Author: Al-Ḥāfiẓ al-Shīrāzī, Muḥammad Shams al-Dīn الحافظ الشيرازي، محمد شمس الدين
Title: Dīvān of Ḥāfiẓ
Title: دیوان حافظ
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 50.
4. ff 152r-190v
Author: Sa‘dī سعدی
Title: Dīvān of Sa‘dī
Title: دیوان سعدی
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 50.
5. ff 191r-254r
Author: Mu‘īn معین
Title: Dīvān of Mu‘īn
Title: دیوان معین
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 50.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 254 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 19.6 × 11 cm.

Decoration

Miniatures

History

Origin: 1231 AH

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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