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Summary of Contents: 3 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Persian literature, Ethics, Islamic law, and Folk poetry
1. ff. 1b-110b
Author: Tāj al-Dīn ibn Muʻīn al-Dīn Mālikī تاج الدين بن معين الدين مالكی
Title: Mufarriḥ al-qulūb
Title: مفرح القلوب

Language(s): Persian

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no. 1077 no. CCCXXVI
This work is a Persian version of the Sanskrit Hitopadeśa compiled by Nārāyaṇa
2. ff. 111b-122a
Author: ʻĀmilī, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 1547-1621 عاملي، بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين
Title: Jāmiʻ-i ʻAbbāsī
Title: جامع عباسی
Title: The preface and the first chapter of the Jāmiʻ al-ʻAbbāsī only

Language(s): Persian

References

no. CCCXXVI
3. ff. 123b-160b
Author: anonymous
Title: Qiṣṣah-ʼi Sayf al-Mulk
Title: قصۀ سيف الملك

Language(s): Persian, Hindustani

References

no. 852 no. CCCXXVI

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Origin: undated

Provenance and Acquisition

Donated by G. Lewis (d. 1729) in 1727.

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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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