Poetry, 1606, 1607
A mathnawî in praise of the life, doctrines and martyrdom of the great mystic Shaikh Manşûr-i-Baghdâdl.
Dates
- Creation: 1606, 1607
Extent
49 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Turkish
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Or. 40
Arrangement
Originally arranged and housed in 1641 at the Bodleian in Duke Humfrey’s Library, Selden End, compartment as ‘A 66’, 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. 365
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. 2168
Custodial History
Manuscript 1689 acquired by the Bodleian Library
Dimensions
8 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.
Repository Details
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