One incomplete copy of a hagiography of the Khojas of Kashgaria by محمد صادق کاشغری Muḥammad Ṣādiq Kāšġarī , most commonly known as تذکرهٔ عزیزان Taz̲kira-yi ʻazīzān. Missing the beginning and end of the text.
MS. Ind. Inst. Turk. 10
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
One incomplete copy of a hagiography of the Khojas of Kashgaria by محمد صادق کاشغری Muḥammad Ṣādiq Kāšġarī , most commonly known as تذکرهٔ عزیزان Taz̲kira-yi ʻazīzān. Missing the beginning and end of the text.
Shelfmark
MS. Ind. Inst. Turk. 10
Place of origin
Kashgar
Language
Chagatai
Contents
Form
codex
Physical extent
ff. 146
Hands
Script: Nasta‘līq in black ink. Scribe(s) unknown, but has left some remarks on folio 1a.
Acquisition
Given to the Library by a certain "Gen. Younghusband" in December 1880, probably Major General John William Younghusband, brother-in-law to explorer Shaw, Robert, 1839-1879 . (Explorer Younghusband, Francis Edward, Sir, 1863-1942, John William's son, was never a General, and in any case was too young to have donated this manuscript to the library, having only been born in 1863.)
Provenance
From the collection of Shaw, Robert, 1839-1879.
Subject
Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China)--History
Muslim saints
Uighur (Turkic people)--History
Naqshabandīyah
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