Or 5932 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Summary of Contents: 4 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Persian poetry, Ghazals, Sufi poetry, Persian language, Turkish language, and Arabic language

1. 1v-8v ff

Author: Firishtah فرشته

Title: Ghazals

Title: غزلیات

Dated 1153

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.90.

2. 17v-54v ff

Author: ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, -approximately 1230 فرید الدین عطار

Title: Pandnāmah

Title: پندنامه

Dated 1150

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.90.

3. 68v-75v ff

Author: Muḥammad ibn Ḥājjī Ilyās محمد ابن حاجی الیاس

Title: A Persian-Turkish vocabulary

Language(s): Persian and Turkish

References

For a more detailed description see Glyn Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian Manuscripts, 1895-1966. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, 1968, p.90.

4. 77r-97r ff

Author: Ibn Ḥusām, Muḥammad, -1470 ابن حسام, محمد

Title: Sharḥ-i Niṣāb al-Ṣibyān

Title: شرح نصاب الصبیان

A commentary on the Niṣāb al-Ṣibyān of Farāhī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad Badr al-Dīn ابو نصر الفراهی

Dated 970

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.90.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 97 ff

Dimensions (leaf): 22 × 16 cm.

History

Origin: 16th-18th century CE

Record Sources

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

Availability

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