A collection of versified tales and elegies on the death of Imam Ḥusayn.

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Title

A collection of versified tales and elegies on the death of Imam Ḥusayn.

Shelfmark

MS. Ouseley 152

Language

Persian

ff. 1-5 [ff. 86b-82a] Author: ʻUbayd Zākānī, Niẓām al-Dīn, d. ca. 1370 عبيد زاكانى Title: Kitāb-i Mūsh u Gurbah Title: كتاب موش و گربه

ff. 8-24 [ff. 79-64] Author: Anonymous Title: Taʻziyat Title: تعزيت

ff. 27-35 [ff. 61-54a] Author: Kamāl Fārsī كمال فارسى Title: Kitāb-i Ismāʻīl Qurbān Title: كتاب اسماعيل قربان

ff. 35-90 [ff. 54b-1] Author: ʻAbd al-Mahdī ibn Muḥammad-shāh Balākash عبد المهدي بن محمدشاه بلاكش Title: Kitāb-i Ḥaydar Bayg Title: كتاب حيدر بيگ

Form

codex

Physical extent

ff. 90

Hands

Script: Nastaʻlīq.

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1843.

Provenance

Mr. Franklin Thomas , 1788.

The collections of Sir William Ouseley, d. 1842 .

Subject

Prophets

Persian poetry--1500-1796

Persian poetry--747-1500

Ishmael (Biblical figure)--In the Koran

Imams (Shiites)

Tales

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