Or 7076 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
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1 copy of Baḥr al-gharāʼib by ʻAlī ibn Idrīs Ḥājjī
Title: Baḥr al-gharāʼib
Title: بحر الغرائب
An allegorical poem, mainly comprising a dialogue between the author and Wisdom
In Turkish, with a preface in Persian Prose, ff. 3v-4r Begun 890 / 1485; completed in 0905 / 1500
Language(s): Turkish and Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 53.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 253 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 20 × 15 cm.
History
Origin: Ottoman Empire; 10th century AH
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on M. I. Waley: Supplementary handlist of Persian manuscripts, 1966-1998. London, 1998
Availability
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