A copy of Zīnat al-tawārīkh, a collection of metrical chronograms, fixing the dates of different events of public and private life in words, by one Shaykh Asad, or Asad Allāh as he also calls himself.
MS. Ouseley 16
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
A copy of Zīnat al-tawārīkh, a collection of metrical chronograms, fixing the dates of different events of public and private life in words, by one Shaykh Asad, or Asad Allāh as he also calls himself.
Shelfmark
MS. Ouseley 16
Language
Persian
Contents
Form
codex
Physical extent
ff. 101
Hands
Script: Nastaʻlīq.
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1843.
Provenance
The collections of Sir William Ouseley, d. 1842 .
Subject
Persian poetry--1500-1796
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Connections
People associated with this object
- Shaykh Asad Asad Allāh شيخ اسد الله
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Ouseley, William, 1767-1842
