ms. 41378 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)
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3 works by 3 authors on the subject of Pushto poetry
1.
Title: Munājāt
Title: مناجات
A poem of supplication to God
Incipit: زاري تاته کړم الله د بي کسو دستکاه پیوسته یم لګناه د حضرت پروي مي وبښه څښتنه
Language(s): Pushto
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2.
Title: Wafāt nāmah
Title: وفات نامه
The story of the death of the Prophet, in rhymed prose
Incipit: واوري اي یارانو دا روایت دي لرسوله بیانیږي
Language(s): Pushto
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3.
Title: Qiṣṣah-’i jumjumah
Title: قصه ئ جمجمه
The story in verse of the skeleton of a king which spoke to Jesus of its punishment in hell and was resurrected for eight years as a pious muslim
Incipit: دا عجب یو حکایت دي له قصص روایت دي
Language(s): Pushto
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Physical Description
Form: codex
1b-11a f. 11b-23b f. 24a-36b f.
Dimensions (leaf): 22 × 14.5 cm.
Dimensions (written):
Layout
Hand(s)
Naskhi hand
History
Origin:
Provenance and Acquisition
Gregorian.
Record Sources
"Manuscript description based on James Fuller Blumhardt and D.N MacKenzie : Catalogue of Pashto manuscripts in the British Isles, 1965".
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