Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

J. 7 (University Library, Cambridge University)

E. G. Browne Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: مجالس النفايس The Majálisu'n-Nafá is, a well-known biography of contemporary poets com-
piled in Chaghatáy Turkish by Mír 'Alí Shír Nawá'í in 896/1490-1. See Rieu's
Turkish Catalogue, pp. 273-274, and references there given.
The MS., of the acquisition of which I have no note, comprises 94 ff. of 21'5 x
16 c. and 18 ll., is written in a good ta'liq with rubrications, and was copied in
937/1530-1 by Muhammad 'All ibn Yar 'Ali of Samarqand.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 94
Dimensions: 21.5 × 16 cm.

Layout

18 lines

Hand(s)

Written in a good ta'liq with rubrications

History

Origin: 937 AH; 1530-31 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Bequest of E. G. Browne.

Record Sources

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC


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