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2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Pushto poetry, Islam, and Persian poetry

1.
Author: Mullā ʻAbd al-Rashīd, active in 1716 ملا عبد الرشید
Title: Rashīd al-bayān
Title: رشيد البيان

A manual of religious instruction in verse. Printed edition published in Lahore in 1877. Bound with several similar works hand written in Persian

Incipit: پس له حمد له صلوت دا رنګ وایم زه وتات

Language(s): Pashto
2.
Author: Jāmī, 1414-1492 جامی
Title: Yūsuf u Zulaykhā
Title: یوسف و زلیخا

A badly damaged manuscript written in several crude but legible hands

Incipit: لهى غنچۀ امید بگشای گلی از روضۀ جاوید نمای

Language(s): Persia

Physical Description

Form: codex
53 f. 153 f.
Dimensions (leaf): 17 × 11.5 cm.
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Layout

Hand(s)

Crude but legible nasta'liq hand

History

Origin:

Provenance and Acquisition

Gregorian.

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

Subjects

  • Pushto poetry
  • Islam--Doctrines
  • Persian poetry--747-1500

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