8 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Alphabets, Composition and exercises, Persian poetry, Zoroastrianism, Almanacks, Music, and India

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Title

8 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Alphabets, Composition and exercises, Persian poetry, Zoroastrianism, Almanacks, Music, and India

Shelfmark

MS. Ouseley 160

Language

Persian

1. ff. 1-15 Author: Anonymous Title: A collection of sixty fantastic alphabets

2. ff. 16-34 Title: Exercises in Persian and Urdu

3. ff. 35-54 Author: Zartusht Bahrām, fl. 1278 زرتشت بهرام بن پژدو Title: Changranghachah′nāmah Title: چنگرنگهاچه نامه

4. ff. 55-70 Author: Anonymous Title: A Persian almanack for A.H. 1195 = 1780-81, composed in India

5. f. 72a Author: Anonymous Title: A short account of the 12 maqāms and 24 shuʻbahs in music

6. ff. 72a-74a Author: Abū al-Ḥasan al-mutakhalliṣ bih Qayṣar أبو الحسن المتخلص به قيصر Title: [Risālah dar] maʻrifat al-naghm Title: رساله در] معرفة النغم]

7. ff. 76-77 Author: Anonymous Title: Two unconnected leaves of an historical work, relating to the contest between Muḥammad Shāh and the two Sayyids, Ḥusayn ʻAlī and ʻAbd Allāh Khān

8. ff. 78-81 Author: ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq ibn Sayf al-Dīn Dihlavī, 1551-1642 الدهلوي، عبد الحق بن سيف الدين، 959-1052 هـ Title: Taʼrīkh-i Ḥaqqī Title: تأريخ حقّى

Form

codex

Physical extent

81 ff.

Hands

Nastaʻlīq and Shikastah

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1843.

Provenance

The collections of Sir William Ouseley, d. 1842 .

Subject

Alphabets

Music

Composition and exercises

India--History

Almanacks

Zoroastrianism

Persian poetry

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