The merry tricks and laughable stories which have been ascribed to the famous buffoon Khwâjah Nasir Al-din, n.d.
The merry tricks and laughable stories which have been ascribed to the famous buffoon Khwâjah Nasir Al-din, who lived, according to common tradition under Sulţân Bâyazîd and was a contemporary of Timûr...
Dates
- Creation: n.d.
Extent
66 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Persian
Shelfmark
MS. Laud. Or. 178
Arrangement
Originally arranged and housed in 1641 at the Bodleian in Duke Humfrey’s Library, Selden End, compartment as ‘A 17’, see Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, p. 14
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 316
For a full description in English, see:Beeston, A. F. L, H. Ethé and E. Sachau, Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (3 vols., Oxford, 1889-1953), no. 2094
Custodial History
It was presented to the library by Archbishop Laud, 1635. Manuscript 1677 acquired by the Bodleian Library
Dimensions
5 7/8 in. by 3 7/8 in.
Repository Details
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