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4 works by 2 authors on the subject of Persian poetry

1.
Author: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, ca. 1253-1325
Title: Muntakhab-i Maṭlaʻ al-anwār
Title: منتخب مطلع الانوار

An abridged version of a masnavi poem.

Incipit: خطبه قدس است بملک قديم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Explicit: بتاريخ نهم شهر ذى قعده سنه 32 جلوس همایون عالمگیری بخط ...محمد مختار

Language(s): Persian
2.
Author: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, ca. 1253-1325
Title: Muntakhab-i Khusraw va Shīrīn
Title: منتخب خسرو و شيرين

An abridged version of a masnavi poem

Incipit: خداوندا دلم را چشم بگشای بمعراج یقینم راه بنماي

Language(s): Persian
3.
Author: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, ca. 1253-1325
Title: Muntakhab-i Laylá va Majnūn
Title: منتخب لیلی و مجنون

An abridged version of a masnavi poem, written in a rather confused fashion in the centre of the page and the margin on the same folios as an abridgement of Jami's Subhat al-abrar. Extracts of works by Nizami, 'Umar al-Khayyam and Sa'di in the margins at verious places throughout the entire manuscript

Incipit: اى داده بدل خزانه راز عقل از تو شده خزينه پرداز

Language(s): Persian
4.
Author: Jāmī, 1414-1492 جامي، عبد الرحمن
Title: Subḥat al-abrār
Title: سبحة الابرار

Abridgement of a masnavi poem

Explicit: بتاريخ بيست و پنجم شهر محرم سنه 27 منتخب سبحة الابرار بخط ...محمد مختار

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
1-36 f. 37-52 f. 53-97 f.
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Nasta'liq

History

Origin: 1332 AH; 1817 CE 1227 AH; 1812 CE

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JISC

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