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Summary of Contents: منتخبات از تذكرة الاوليا شيخ فريد الدين عطار Selections from the Tadhkiratu'l-Awliyá, or "Memoirs of the Saints," of Shaykh
Farídu'd-Din 'Attár, the well-known Persian poet and mystic, who died (slain by
the Mongols according to the popular belief) early in the thirteenth century of the
Christian era. References to his life and works (which are to be found in all the
larger Persian Catalogues) will be indicated under his poems in section V infra.
A critical edition of this work in two volumes was published by Dr R. A. Nicholson
(Brill, Leyden, 1905 and 1907). This MS. was sent to me as a gift by the poet Sarkhush by the hand of my old
friend the Nawwab Mírzá Husayn-qulí Khán when he came from Persia to England
in 1892. In the accompanying letter, dated 14 Rajab, 1309/13 Feb., 1892, Sarkhush
says that he transcribed these extracts when he was only fourteen years old, so that,
as the colophon is dated Sha'bán, 1297/July, 1880, he must have been born in or
about 1283/1866-7.Language(s): PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexSupport: PaperExtent: Ff. 174Dimensions: 16.8 × 10.6 cm.Layout
12 lines
Hand(s)
excellent ta'liq with rubrications
History
Origin: 1297 AH; 1880 CEProvenance and Acquisition
This MS. was sent to me as a gift by the poet Sarkhush by the hand of my old friend the Nawwab Mírzá Husayn-qulí Khán when he came from Persia to England in 1892.
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.Availability
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