Or 6478 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
Miscellany
Contents
Summary of Contents: 6 works by 5 authors on the subjects of Persian poetry, Fables, Proverbs, Chronograms, Arabic language, Persian language, Asia, Shaybanid dynasty, Uzbeks, Persian literature, and Nawrūz
1. 2v-105v ff
Title: Gulistān
Title: گلستان
Copied in 1260
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.91.
2. 107v-146v ff
Title: A treatise on chronograms
Composed in 1221
Copied in 1267
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.91.
3. 196r-197v ff
200r-215v ff
Title: Majma‘ al-Lughah
Title: مجمع اللغة
An Arabic-Persian glossary
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.91.
4. 198v-199v ff
Title: Niṣāb al-ṣibyān
Title: نصاب الصبیان
A versified glossary
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.91.
5. 216v-344v ff
Title: Taẕkirah-’i Muqīmkhānī
Title: تذکرۀ مقیمخانی
A history fo the Uzbek rulers of Turkestan down to AH 1116
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.91.
6. 195v ff
352r-358r ff
Title: در بیان منتخب نوروز
This manuscript, of which the folios have become displaced here and there, also contains some works in Turkī
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.91.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 358 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 26.5 × 14.8 cm.
History
Origin: 19th 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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