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1 copy of Yūsuf Zulaykhā by Jāmī, 1414-1492

Author: Jāmī, 1414-1492
Title: Yūsuf Zulaykhā
Title: يوسف زليخا

A metrical translation of Jāmī's Yūsuf va Zulaykhā. With 33 half-page and 5 full-page miniatures

Editor: Translated into Pashto by Khaṭak, ʻAbd al-Qādir Khān, 1653-1713 خټک، عبد القادر خان
Incipit: عنایت رب پما کړه د امید غنچه مي واکړه
Colophon: تمام شد کتاب یوسف زلیخي افغاني...در صوبه کشمیر جنت نظیر بدستخط ملا ولي در عهد سرداري محمد عظيم خان دراني بارك زئي بتاریخ يازدهم شهر ذي قعده سنه يكهزار و دو صد و سي قلمي كرديد
Language(s): Pashto

References

Mackenzie no.121

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 216 f.
Dimensions (leaf): 20 × 13.5 cm.
Dimensions (written):

Layout

Hand(s)

Naskhi hand Mullā Walī Muḥammad

Binding

33 half-page and 5 full-page miniatures.

History

Written for Rustam Khān Achakzạy.
Origin: 1230 AH; 1815 CE ; Kashmir

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchased by the John Rylands Library in 1919 from Luzac Co.

Record Sources

"Manuscript description based on James Fuller Blumhardt and D.N MacKenzie : Catalogue of Pashto manuscripts in the British Isles, 1965".

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