Pashto MS 15 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Pashto Manuscripts
Contents
1 copy of Yūsuf Zulaykhā by 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
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
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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