A collection of short Turkish tales, anecdotes, and witty stories, many about Alexander the Great .
MS. Sale 39
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
A collection of short Turkish tales, anecdotes, and witty stories, many about Alexander the Great .
Shelfmark
MS. Sale 39
Language
Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928)
Persian
Contents
Form
codex
Physical extent
ff. 85
Hands
Script: Nesḫ.
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian Library in 1872.
Provenance
The collections of George Sale, d. 1736.
Acquired by Thomas Hunt in 1760.
The Radcliffe Library.
Subject
Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C.--Legends
Tales
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