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A collection of 12 works by 11 authors on the subjects of Persian poetry, riddles, and sufism. — Multiple dates

MS. Elliott 258

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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 collection of 12 works by 11 authors on the subjects of Persian poetry, riddles, and sufism. — Multiple dates

Shelfmark

MS. Elliott 258

Date

1686

Language

Persian

Contents

ff. 1b-75b Author: Qazvīnī, Āṣaf Khān, 1551-1612 آصف خان جعفر Title: Khusraw va Shīrīn Title: خسرو و شيرين
ff. 76b-134b Author: Nīshāpūrī, Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad, -1499 حسين بن محمد نيشاپوری Title: Risālah fī al-mu‘ammā Title: رسالة في المعما
ff. 135a-139b Author: Anonymous Title: A short collection of riddles
ff. 140-181 Author: Awḥadī, Rukn al-Dīn, 1271 or 2-1337 or 8 اوحدى، ركن الدين Title: Jām-i jam Title: جام جم
ff. 182b-185 Author: ʻAbd al-Ṣamad ibn Afz̤al Muḥammad عبد الصمد بن افضل محمد Title: Dībāchah-ʼi ʻAbd al-Ṣamad Title: ديباچۀ عبد الصمد
ff. 186b-251a Author: Asīr Shahristānī, Jalāl al-Dīn ibn Mīrzā Muʼmin, active 17th century مرزا جلال اسير بن مرزا مؤمن اصفهانى Title: Qaṣāʼid-i Mirzā Jalāl-i Asīr Title: قصائد مرزا جلال اسير
ff. 252b-270a Author: Muḥammad Saʻīd Iʻjāz Akbarābādī, fl. 17th century محمد سعيد اعجاز اكبرآبادى Title: Dīvān-i Iʻjāz Title: ديوان اعجاز
ff. 271b-294b Author: Ḥājī Muḥammad Aslam, d. c. 1130/1718 Sālim حاجي محمد اسلم سالم Title: Mathnawī-ʼi Sālim Title: مثنوئ سالم
ff. 295b-302b Author: Salīm Ṭihrānī, Muḥammad Qulī, -1647? محمد قلى سليم طهرانى Title: Qaz̤ā va qadar Title: قضا و قدر
ff. 303b-307 Author: Ḥājī Muḥammad Aslam, d. c. 1130/1718 Sālim حاجي محمد اسلم سالم Title: Taʻrīf-i Shāh Aʻẓam Title: تعريف شاه اعظم
ff. 307b-324b Author: Nawʻī Khabūshānī, Muḥammad Riz̤ā, -1609 or 1610 محمد رضا نوعى خبوشانى Title: Sūz u Gudāz Title: سوز و گداز
ff. 325b-338b Author: Vaḥshī Bāfqī, d. 1583 وحشى بافقى Title: Farhād va-Shīrīn Title: فرهاد وشيرين

Form

codex

Physical extent

ff. 338

Hands

Script: Nastaʻlīq. Scribe: Mullā ʻAbd Allāh.

Acquisition

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

Provenance

The collections of Sir Gore Ouseley .

The collections of John Bardoe Elliott .

Subject

Sufism

Riddles, Persian

Persian poetry--1500-1796

Persian poetry--747-1500

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  • Anonymous
  • Ḥājī Muḥammad Aslam, d. c. 1130/1718

  • Salīm Tihrānī, Muḥammad Qulī, d. ca. 1647

  • Qazvīnī, Āṣaf Khān, 1551-1612

  • Asīr Shahristānī, Jalāl al-Dīn ibn Mīrzā Muʼmin, fl. 17th century

  • Ouseley, Gore, Sir, 1770-1844

  • Elliott, John Bardoe, 1785-1863

  • Vaḥshī Bāfqī, d. 1583

  • Mullā ʻAbd Allāh.

  • Awḥadī, Rukn al-Dīn, 1271 or 2-1337 or 8

  • ʻAbd al-Ṣamad ibn Afz̤al Muḥammad

  • Nīshāpūrī, Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad, d. 1499

  • Nawʻī Khabūshānī, Muḥammad Riz̤ā, d. 1609 or 10

  • Muḥammad Saʻīd Iʻjāz Akbarābādī, fl. 17th century

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