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Summary of Contents: 4 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Persian poetry, Persian folk tales, and Persian prose literature
1.
Author: ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn, d. ca. 1230 عطار، فريد الدين محمد بن ابراهيم نيشابورى
Title: Bīsar′nāmah
Title: بيسرنامه
Incipit: من بغیر تو نبینم در جهان قادرا پروردگارا جاودان
Colophon: تمت تمام شد بی سرنامه بتاريخ هفدهم شهر ربیع الاول سنه 1237
Language(s): Persian
2.
Author: Āfarīn Lāhūrī, Faqīr Allāh, -1741 or 1742 آفرین لاهوری، فقیر الله
Title: Qiṣṣah-i Hīr u Rānjhan
Title: قصه هیر و رانجهن

A masnavi poem based on a Panjabi love-story

Incipit: بنام چمن ساز ناز و نیاز که خار نیازش بود فراز
Language(s): Persian
3.
Author: Anonymous
Title: Qiṣṣah-i Khvājah Ja‘far
Title: قصه خواجه جعفر
Incipit: راويان اخبار و ناقلان آثار چنین روایت کرده اند که در ابتدای دولت هارون رشید
Colophon: تمام شد...بتاریخ نهم شهر جمادی الاول سنه 1237

A prose tale

Language(s): Persian
4.
Author: Anonymous
Title: Qiṣṣah-i Sulṭān Maḥmūd-i Ghaznavī
Title: قصه سلطان محمود غزنوی

A prose tale. Pages are badly damaged

Incipit: قصه سلطان محمود غزنوی که پادشاه عادل و نافع الاسلام و المسلمین بود

A prose tale

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
1-8 f. 9-81 f. ‏ 82-110a f. 110b-117 f.
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Layout

Hand(s)

Nasta'liq

History

Origin: 1237 AH; 1821 CE 1237 AH; 1822 CE

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

Subjects

  • Persian poetry--747-1500
  • Persian poetry--1500-1796
  • Persian folk tales
  • Persian prose literature

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