One complete copy of a غراٸب الصغر Ġarā'ibu l-ṣiġar, the first of the Chaghatay dīwāns of مير على شير نوائى Mīr ‘Alī Šēr Nawā'ī's four-part series, خزاٸن المعانی Ḫazā'inu l-ma‘ānī. Lacks the mixed poetical/prose dēbāčawhich accompanies some versions of the text. — Multiple dates
MS. Laud Or. 283
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
From Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World
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Title
One complete copy of a غراٸب الصغر Ġarā'ibu l-ṣiġar, the first of the Chaghatay dīwāns of مير على شير نوائى Mīr ‘Alī Šēr Nawā'ī's four-part series, خزاٸن المعانی Ḫazā'inu l-ma‘ānī. Lacks the mixed poetical/prose dēbāčawhich accompanies some versions of the text. — Multiple dates
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Or. 283
Date
7 December 1509
Language
Chagatai
Contents
Form
codex
Physical extent
304 folios
Hands
Script: Nastaʻlīq. Scribe unknown.
Acquisition
Donated to the Bodleian Library by Archbishop William Laud, 1635-41.
Provenance
The Library of Archbishop William Laud, d. 1645 .
Subject
Chagatai poetry
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Title
Poetry
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Or. 283
Summary
A collection of lyrical poems of the greatest Caghatâi poet, Mir 'Ali Shir.
Date
Before 3rd January 1501, when the writer died
Language
Persian
Physical extent
304 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 1716 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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