At least nine fragmentary sufi texts and notes thereon, mostly in Chaghatay with one Persian and one Arabic. — Multiple dates; Exact place of origin uncertain, but likely Kashgaria or perhaps Farghana

Title

At least nine fragmentary sufi texts and notes thereon, mostly in Chaghatay with one Persian and one Arabic. — Multiple dates; Exact place of origin uncertain, but likely Kashgaria or perhaps Farghana

Shelfmark

MS. Ind. Inst. Turk. 14

Place of origin

Exact place of origin uncertain, but likely Kashgaria or perhaps Farghana

Date

1842/3

Language

Persian

Arabic

Chagatai

Contents

Form

codex

Support

Thin light brown paper.

Physical extent

188 folios

Hands

Script: Nasta‘līq in black ink. Scribe unknown, but the same scribe seems to have written at least part of the fragmentary items 1, 2,3, and 4. The remaining parts of these works in a slightly thinner hand with lighter colored ink may or may not be the same scribe.

Script: Nasta‘līq in black ink with overlining, titles, and key words in red ink in item 3 . Scribe unknown.

Script: Untrained/sloppy nasta‘līq in black ink in item 5. Scribe unknown.

Script: Large and careful nasta‘līq in black ink in item 6. Scribe unknown.

Script: Nasta‘līq in black ink with occasional captions in light red in items 7, 8, and 9. Scribe unknown, but the scribe of these three items appears to be the same.

Decoration

Simple borders in blue and red ink folios 130b to 147a.

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

Chagatai poetry

Sufi poetry, Chagatai

Muslim saints