Or 7987 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
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.
Availability
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