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A composite manuscript containing works on politics, Persian poetry, and the Afghani language. — Multiple dates; Shāhjahānābād

MS. Elliott 280

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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 composite manuscript containing works on politics, Persian poetry, and the Afghani language. — Multiple dates; Shāhjahānābād

Shelfmark

MS. Elliott 280

Place of origin

Shāhjahānābād

Date

1783

Language

Persian

Contents

ff. 1-78 Author: Niẓām al-Mulk, 1018-1092 نظام الملك Title: Naṣāʼiḥ-i Niẓām al-Mulk Title: نصائح نظام الملك
ff. 81-131 Author: S̲anāʼī Mashhadī, Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad, d. ca. 1587 Khwājah Ḥusayn Thanāʼī Mashhadī خواجه حسين ثنائى مشهدى Title: Dīvān-i S̲anāʼī Title: Dīvān-i Thanāʼī Title: ديوان ثنائى
ff. 133b-177 Author: Muḥammad Mīr Riḍawī Mashhadī محمد مير رضوى مشهدى Title: Kifayat al-mubtadī Title: كفاية المبتدى

Form

codex

Physical extent

ff. 177

Hands

Script: Nastaʻlīq. Scribe: Dawlat Singh.

Acquisition

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

Provenance

The collections of John Bardoe Elliott .

Subject

Persian poetry--1500-1796

Viziers

Afghan language

Statesmen--Iran--Biography

Seljuks--History

Islamic countries--Officials and employees

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  • Muḥammad Mīr Riḍawī Mashhadī محمد مير رضوى مشهدى
  • Dawlat Singh
  • S̲anaʼī Mashhadī, Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad, d. ca. 1587

  • Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAlī ibn Isḥāq al-Ṭūsī

  • Elliott, John Bardoe, 1785-1863

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