Or 9700 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
Volume containing several works
3. ff. 182r-184r
Title: Miscellany of poetry
Unattributed poetry
Mostly in Urdu with Persian verses in f. 182r and f. 183v
Language(s): Urdu and Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 61.
4. f. 184r
Title: Ruqʻa
Title: رقعة
An anecdote about a physician giving a “medicine” to the saint Bāyazīd Basṭāmī (d. 261/874 or 264/877-8) to ward off sins (cf. Or. 11310/29)
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 68.
5. f. 185
Title: Undated letter
A letter from Zayn al-Dīn to Navvāb Iḥtishām al-Dawla, congratulating him on a recent military victory
Document is undated
Language(s): Persian
References
For a more detailed description see Waley 1998, page 26.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 185 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 25 × 15 cm.
History
Origin: 12th or 13th century AH ; India
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on M. I. Waley: Supplementary handlist of Persian manuscripts, 1966-1998. London, 1998
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