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4 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Persian poetry, Persian language, and Astronomy

1.
Author: Anonymous
Title: An anthology of Persian poetry

Includes tarji'bands by ʻAbd al-Qādir Bīdil, Jāmī, and Muḥammad Jān Sāmī, and a qasidah by Qivāmī

Language(s): Persian
2.
Author: Anonymous
Title: Dar bayān-i ḥurūf-i tahajjī va maʻānī-i ān
Title: در بیان حروف تهجی و معانی آن
Incipit: حرف الاف این حرف در لغت مرد مجرد است

Language(s): Persian
3.
Author: Anonymous
Title: Asāmī-i davāzdah burūj va baʻz̤ī asāmī-i sitaragān va kavāyif-i ān
Title: اسامی دوازده بروج و بعضی اسامی ستارگان و کوایف آن
Incipit: بدان که اهل تنجیم فلک را دوازده بخش کرده

Language(s): Persian
4.
Author: Rāz̤ī, Faṣạ̄hat Khān راضي، فصاحت خان
Title: Shahrāshūb
Title: شهرآشوب
Incipit: بيا بلبل كه كل ساغر بدست است گلستان از شکوفه شیر مستست

Language(s): Persian

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Form: codex
1-209 f. 210-235 f. 236-242 f. 245-253 f.
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Nasta'liq

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JISC

Subjects

  • Persian poetry
  • Persian language--Orthography and spelling
  • Astronomy
  • Persian poetry--1500-1796

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