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2 works by 2 authors on the subject of Persian poetry

1.
Author: Saʻdī سعدى
Title: Būstān
Title: بوستان

The colophon states that the copy was written at the command of Charles Augustus Murray when British Ambassador to the Court of Dresden.

Incipit: بنام خداوند جان افرين حكيم سخن در زبان افرين
Explicit: قد تم هذا الكتاب ...في ثاني وعشرين من شهر آپریل الافرنجی سنه 1860 لامسی حالمسیحیی المطابق للاواخر شهر رمضان سنه 127 الهجری وکان ذاکک فی السعة الثانية عشر من يوم الاحد ...في بلد درزدن كرسي سلطنة اقليم ساقسونيا احد ممالك آلامانيا بيد...علي رضا الطاغستاني الموطن والمصري المسكن
Language(s): Persian
2.
Author: Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3 نظامى گنجوى
Title: Khusraw u Shīrīn
Title: خسرو و شيرين

Unfinished

Incipit: چنین گفت آن سخنگوی کهن زاد که بودش داستانهای کهن یاد
Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 86, 17 f.
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Hand(s)

Naskh

History

Origin: 1276 AH; 1860 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by Major C. J. Murray in 1924.

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JISC

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