One 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, followed by a single half page ( folio 124a) of miscellaneous notes in a later hand. Additionally, the recto of a loose leaf designated folio 10Aby a modern foliator contains unidentified fragments in Chaghatay and Persian. Front and back paste-downs consist of 4 leaves of unidentified Chaghatay prose taken from an unknown source.

Title

One 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, followed by a single half page ( folio 124a) of miscellaneous notes in a later hand. Additionally, the recto of a loose leaf designated folio 10Aby a modern foliator contains unidentified fragments in Chaghatay and Persian. Front and back paste-downs consist of 4 leaves of unidentified Chaghatay prose taken from an unknown source.

Shelfmark

MS. Ind. Inst. Turk. 3

Place of origin

Kashgar

Language

Chagatai

Contents

Form

codex

Physical extent

ff. 124

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 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