ms. 44538 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)
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Contents
Summary of Contents: 9 works by 7 authors on the subjects of Persian literature, Mogul Empire, India, and Persian poetry
1.
Title: Qaṣāʼid
Title: قصائد
Qasidahs. Incomplete at end
Incipit: ای متاع درد در بازار جان اندخته گوهر هر سود در جیب زیان انداخته
Language(s): Persian
2.
A journal of the seige of Ḥaydarābād by Aurangzeb, 1618-1707 in AH 1097
Incipit: دمي كه مدرس كشاف صبح بر صفه صدق
Explicit: بتاريخ بيست و ششم شهر ذيقعده سنه هجريه نبويه 1253||
Language(s): Persian
3.
Title: Ḥusn va ʻishq
Title: حسن وعشق
Incipit: حديث عشق شد زيب بيانم چو شمع افتاد آتش بر زبانم
Language(s): Persian
4.
Title: Risālah-i hajv-i ḥukamā
Title: رساله هجو حکما
Incipit: حکیم علی الاطلاق از دار الشفاء رحمت
Language(s): Persian
6.
Incipit: الهى ذره دردى بجان ريز شرر در پنبه زار استخوان ریز
Language(s): Persian
7.
Title: Shahrāshūb
Title: شهرآشوب
Incipit: بيا بلبل كه كل ساغر بدست است گلستان ز شکوفه شیر مستست
Language(s): Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
1-37 f. 38-90 f. 91-102 f. 103-106 f. 107-117 f. 118-155 f. 156-165 f. 168 f. 169-170 f.
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Layout
Hand(s)
Nasta'liq
History
Origin: 1253 AH; 1838 CE 1254 AH; 1839 CE 1253 AH; 1838 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Gregorian.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
Subjects
- Persian poetry--1500-1796
- Persian literature--1500-1796
- Mogul Empire
- India--History--1526-1765
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