Add. 238 (University Library, Cambridge University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: 5 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Letter writing, Persian language, Persian poetry, Arabic language, Firmans, and India
1. ff. 1b-99b
Title: Badāyiʻ al-inshāʼ
Title: Badāʼiʻ al-inshāʼ
Title: بدايع الانشاء
Title: بدائع الانشاء
Language(s): Persian
References
2. ff. 101b-136b
Title: Miftāḥ-i Gulistān
Title: مفتاح گلستان
Language(s): Persian
References
This work contains a glossary of the rare words of the Gulistān ( گلستان ) of .
3. ff. 137a-149b
Title: Sharḥ-i amthila
Title: شرح امثله
Title: Paradigms of Arabic verbs
Language(s): Persian
References
Physical Description
Form: other
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History
Origin: 1124-25 AH; 1713 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Donated by G. Lewis (d. 1729) in 1727.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on E. G. Browne: A hand-list of the Muhammadan manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, 1900 E. G. Browne: A catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, 1896 abbreviated by the OCIMCO project team.
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