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A composite MS containing a work on the history of the Prophets, and 3 works on lexicography.

MS. Rawlinson Or. 8

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For the main catalogue entry, see: Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

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Title

A composite MS containing a work on the history of the Prophets, and 3 works on lexicography.

Shelfmark

MS. Rawlinson Or. 8

Language

Persian

Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928)

Arabic

Contents

ff. 1-245 Author: Anonymous Title: قصص الانبیا Title: Ḳıṣaṣu'l-enbiyā Title: Qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʼ
Fols. 246-261 Author: ابراهيم دده شاهدى Şâhidî, İbrahim Dede 1470-1550 İbrāhīm Dede Şāhidī Title: تحفۀ شاهدی Title: لغت شاهدی Title: Tuḥfe-yi Şāhidī Title: Lüġat-i Şāhidī Title: Tuḥfah-’i Shāhidī Title: Lughat-i Shāhidī
Fols. 262-281 Author: Anonymous مؤلف مجهول Title: Lughāt-i Būstān-i Shaykh Saʻdī Title: لغات بوستان شيخ سعدى
ff. 281b-311b Author: Anonymous Title: A short Arabic-Persian vocabulary explaining common words and forms used in Persian

Form

codex

Physical extent

ff. 311

Acquisition

The Rawlinson bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1756.

Provenance

The collections of Richard Rawlinson, d. 1755 .

Subject

Prophets

Arabic language--Dictionaries--Persian Persian language--Dictionaries Turkish language--Dictionaries

Universal history

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  • Anonymous
  • Kisāʼī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 11th cent.

  • Şahidî İbrahim Dede, 1470-1550

  • Rawlinson, Richard, 1690-1755

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