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Three mathnawīs from the Khamsah of Amīr Khusraw. — Multiple dates

MS. Ouseley 256

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

Description

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Title

Three mathnawīs from the Khamsah of Amīr Khusraw. — Multiple dates

Shelfmark

MS. Ouseley 256

Date

February 1563

Language

Persian

Contents

ff. 1b-49 Author: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, ca. 1253-1325 امير خسرو دهلوى Title: Maṭlaʻ al-anwār Title: مطلع الأنوار
ff. 49-107 Author: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, ca. 1253-1325 امير خسرو دهلوى Title: Khusraw u Shīrīn Title: خسرو و شيرين
ff. 107b-153 Author: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, ca. 1253-1325 امير خسرو دهلوى Title: Hasht bihisht Title: هشت بهشت

Form

codex

Physical extent

ff. 153

Hands

Script: Nastaʻlīq. Scribe: Maḥmūd ibn Mīr Bābā Shāhidī. Scribe: Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad Kātib.

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1843.

Provenance

The collections of Sir William Ouseley, d. 1842 .

Subject

Persian poetry--747-1500

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  • Maḥmūd ibn Mīr Bābā Shāhidī.

  • Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad Kātib.

  • Ouseley, William, 1767-1842

  • Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, ca. 1253-1325

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