A composite manuscript containing an Urdu grammar in English, a collection of tales in Urdu, and the Persian Dīwān of the poet Āftāb. — Multiple dates
MS. Ouseley 94
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
A composite manuscript containing an Urdu grammar in English, a collection of tales in Urdu, and the Persian Dīwān of the poet Āftāb. — Multiple dates
Shelfmark
MS. Ouseley 94
Date
28th March 1798
Language
English
Urdu
Persian
Contents
Form
codex
Physical extent
ff. 128
Hands
Script: Nastaʻlīq and Shikastah Scribe: Rawshan ʻAlī[item 3 only].
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1843.
Provenance
The collections of Sir William Ouseley, d. 1842 .
Subject
Tales--India
Persian poetry--1500-1796
Urdu language--Grammar
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Connections
People associated with this object
- Anonymous
- Rawshan ʻAlī
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Ouseley, William, 1767-1842
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Shāh ʻĀlam, Emperor of Hindustan, 1728-1806
