Poetry, Date not recorded at time of cataloguing
A rough sort of album, filled with scattered Persian poetry; at the end some Turkish ghazals by Bâkî. Written by manu different hands in careless Nasta'lîk.
Dates
- Creation: Date not recorded at time of cataloguing
Extent
85 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Turkish
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Or. 185
Arrangement
Originally arranged and housed in 1641 at the Bodleian in Duke Humfrey’s Library, Selden End, compartment as ‘A 39’, 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. 338
For a full descriptions 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. 1227
Custodial History
Manuscript 1723 acquired by the Bodleian Library
Dimensions
6 1/2 in. by 3 3/8 in.
Repository Details
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