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3 works by 3 authors on the subject of Pushto poetry

1.
Author: Muḥyī al-Dīn محيي الدين
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

References

Mackenzie no.155
2.
Author: Faqīr فقیر
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

References

Mackenzie no.155
3.
Author: Anomymous
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

References

Mackenzie no.155

Physical Description

Form: codex
1b-11a f. 11b-23b f. 24a-36b f.
Dimensions (leaf): 22 × 14.5 cm.
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Layout

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Naskhi hand

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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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