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A copy of Saʻdī's Gulistān with the same author's Būstān in the margins. — Multiple dates

MS. Whinfield 44

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Details

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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

A copy of Saʻdī's Gulistān with the same author's Būstān in the margins. — Multiple dates

Shelfmark

MS. Whinfield 44

Date

Undated but probably 18th century.

Language

Persian

Contents

Centre column. Author: Saʻdī سعدى شيرازی Title: Gulistān Title: گلستان
Margin columns. Author: Saʻdī سعدى شيرازی Title: Būstān Title: بوستان

Form

codex

Physical extent

ff. 138

Hands

Script: Nastaʻlīq.

Acquisition

The Whinfield manuscripts were bequeathed to the Indian Institute, Oxford, in 1922, and later transferred to the Bodleian Library.

Provenance

The collections of Sir Edward Henry Whinfield, d. 1922 .

Subject

Persian poetry--747-1500

Persian prose literature

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  • Shaikh Saʻdī

  • Sir Edward Henry Whinfield, d. 1922

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