Or 6478 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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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
Author: Sa‘dī سعدی
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
Author: Muḥammad ‘Ālim Khvājah ibn Īshān Mu’min Khvājah محمد عالم جواجه ابن ایشان مؤمن جواجه
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
Author: Abū Naṣr Farāhī Farāhī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad Badr al-Dīn ابو نصر الفراهی
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
Author: Muḥammad Yūsuf ibn Khvājah Baqā, active 18th century محمد یوسف منشی ابن جواجه بقاء
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
Author: Abū al-Ḥakīm ابو الحکیم
Title: Dar Bayān-i Muntakhab-i Nawrūz
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

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

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