Or 9857 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

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Oriental Manuscripts

A collection of poetical works

Contents

5 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Persian poetry, Masnavis, and Quatrains

1. 1v-6r ff
Title: Poems and notes

Including a mas̲navī by Shāh Ni‘matullāh Valī شاه نعمت الله ولی entitled Risālah-’i Rūḥīyah رسالۀ روحیه

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.82.
2. 6v-96v ff
Author: Mushtāq مشتاق Mīr Sayyīd ‘Alī, floruit AH 1170 میر سید علی
Title: Dīvān
Title: دیوان
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.82.
3. 96v-127r ff
Author: Muẓaffar ‘Alī مظفر علی
Title: Mas̲navīs and murāsalāt
Title: مراسلات و مثنویها
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.82.
4. 129v-136v ff
Author: Rāzī-i Shīrāzī رازی شیرازی
Title: Extracts from the Dīvān of Rāzī-i Shīrāzī
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.82.
5. 136v-155r ff
Author: ‘Umar Khayyām عمر خیام
Title: Rubā‘iyāt
Title: رباعیات
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.82.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 162 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 26.6 × 16.3 cm.

History

Origin: 1277 AH

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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