Or 7987 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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1 copy of Astarnāmah

Title: Astarnāmah

Title: استرنامه

A mystical mas̲navī in two volumes, bound together, of a poet named ‘Aṭṭār. As the poem is not recorded among Farīd al-Dīn ‘Aṭṭār’s works, this is evidently a later namesake and imitator

Imperfect at the beginning and end

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Meredith-Owens 1968, page 68.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 245 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 15.6 × 10.5 cm.

History

Origin: 17th-18th 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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