Or 5871 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Riddles and Versification

1. 1v-49v ff
Author: Shihāb ibn Niẓām شهاب ابن نظام
Title: Risālah fī ‘ilm al-mu‘ammāyāt
Title: رسالة فی علم المعمایات

A treatise on poetical enigmas

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 80.
2. 50r-54v ff
Author: Amīr Sayyid Nīshāpūrī امیر سید نیشاپوری
Title: Poetical enigmas
Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 80.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 55 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 20.4 × 13.8 cm.

History

Origin: 987 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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Funding of Cataloguing

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Subjects

  • Riddles, Persian
  • Versification

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