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4 works by 2 authors on the subject of Persian poetry

1.
Author: Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3
Title: Iskandarnāmah
Title: اسکندرنامه

A masnavi poem based on the life of Alexander the Great.

Incipit: خدايا جهان پادشاهی تر است ز ما خدمت آيد خدائى تر است
Language(s): Persian
2.
Author: Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3
Title: Khusraw u Shīrīn
Title: خسرو و شرین

A masnavi poem.

Incipit: خداوندا در توفيق بگشای نظامی را ره تحقیق بنمای
Explicit: كاتب الحرف حسن خان...بتاريخ دوازدهم شهر ذي حجه
Language(s): Persian
3.
Author: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, ca. 1253-1325
Title: Hasht bihisht
Title: هشت بهشت

A masnavi poem. Incomplete at end, lacking about one third

Incipit: اى گشاينده خزاين جود نقش پیوند کارگاه وجود
4.
Author: Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3
Title: Haft paykar
Title: هفت پيكر

Written on the margin of the Hasht Bihisht of Amir Khusraw. Incomplete at end, lacking about one third.

Incipit: ای جهان دیده بود خویش از تو هیچ بودی نبوده پیش از تو
Language(s): Persian

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Form: codex
1-130 f. 131-222 f. 223-309 f.
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