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Fragments of each of Jāmī's Yūsuf va-Zulaykhā, Hātifī's Laylā va-Majnūn, Hātifī's Khusraw va-Shīrīn, Hilālī's Shāh va-Gadā, and an anonymous mathnawī titled Maḥmūd va-Ayāz. — Multiple dates

MS. Elliott 249

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

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Title

Fragments of each of Jāmī's Yūsuf va-Zulaykhā, Hātifī's Laylā va-Majnūn, Hātifī's Khusraw va-Shīrīn, Hilālī's Shāh va-Gadā, and an anonymous mathnawī titled Maḥmūd va-Ayāz. — Multiple dates

Shelfmark

MS. Elliott 249

Date

1685

Language

Persian

Contents

ff. 1-3 and 7-15 Author: Jāmī جامى Title: Yūsuf va-Zulaykhā Title: يوسف و زليخا
ff. 3-7 and 25-32 Author: Hātifī هاتفى Title: Laylā u Majnūn Title: ليلى و مجنون
ff. 15b-24b Author: Hātifī هاتفى Title: Khusraw va-Shīrīn Title: خسرو و شیرین
ff. 32b-38a Author: Hilālī هلالى Title: Shāh va-Gadā Title: شاه و گدا
ff. 38-47 Author: Anonymous Title: Maḥmūd va-Ayāz Title: محمود واياز

Form

codex

Physical extent

ff. 47

Hands

Script: Nastaʻlīq. Scribe: Shāh Maḥmūd Nīshāpūrī .

Acquisition

Presented to the Bodleian Library by J.B. Elliott, in 1859.

Provenance

The collections of John Bardoe Elliott .

Subject

Persian poetry--1500-1796

Persian poetry--747-1500

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  • Anonymous
  • Hātifī, d. 1520 or 1

  • Shāh Maḥmūd Nishapūrī

  • Elliott, John Bardoe, 1785-1863

  • Hilālī, Badr al-Dīn, d. 1528 or 9

  • Jāmī, 1414-1492

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