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Baillie, John Baillie, of Leys, 1835-1890 (donor of the Oriental Manuscripts Collection)

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Biography

John B. Baillie of Leys bequeathed 165 Arabic and Persian manuscripts - the collection of John Baillie, his grandfather - to the University Library in 1876.

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Or Ms 43: قصیدة دعبل خزاعي Qaṣīdat Di'bil Khuzā'ī, undated copy (original text featured in a composition from the 10th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 43
Scope and Contents

This qaṣīdah, which consists of 133 lines in praise of the descendants of the Prophet, was copied from the history of al-Ṭabarī. It is stated that Abū al-Salṭ al-Harawī was probably the author of the qaṣīdah, who had dictated it to al-Ṭabarī.

Dates: undated copy (original text featured in a composition from the 10th cent. C.E.)

Or Ms 44: شرح لامیة العجم Sharḥ lāmiyat al-'ajam, 979 A.H., 1571 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 44
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This is an elaborate commentary by Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Khalīl ibn Aybak Ṣafadī, upon the Lāmiyat al-'Ajam of the celebrated poet Abū Ismā'il al-Ḥusain b. 'Alī b. Muḥammad b. 'Abd al-Ṣamad al-Iṣfahānī al-Madanī, commonly known as "al-Tughrā'ī " (d. 515 A.H., 1121 C.E.).

Dates: 979 A.H.; 1571 C.E.

Or Ms 45: قصیدة البردة مترجمة Qaṣīdat al-Burdah mutarjamah, 962 A.H., 1564 C.E,

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Identifier: Or Ms 45
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This qaṣīdah, written in praise of the Prophet Muḥammad after the battle fought at Badr, consists of 176 couplets. The Persian translation under each line, inscribed in red ink, is also in verse and rhymes with the Arabic verse. The author of the Arabic original was Muḥammad b. Sa'īd al Būṣīrī (d. 694, 696, or 697 A.H., 1294, 1296, or 1297 C.E.).

Dates: 962 A.H.; 1564 C.E,

Or Ms 46: دیوان المتنبي Dīwān al-Mutanabbī, 1261 A.H., 1843 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 46
Scope and Contents

A complete collection of the poems in alphabetical order of the celebrated Abū al-Ṭayyib Aḥmad b. Ḥusayn al-Mutanabbī (d. 354 A.H., 965 C.E.).

Dates: 1261 A.H.; 1843 C.E.

Or Ms 47: دیوان شهاب الدین الموسی Dīwān Shihāb al-Dīn al-Mūsá, 1139 A.H., 1726 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 47
Scope and Contents

The collected poetry of Shihāb al-Dīn al-Mūsá (d.1087 A.H, 1676 C.E.), arranged by his son after his death.

Dates: 1139 A.H.; 1726 C.E.
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Or Ms 48: سلافة العصر في محاسن اعیان العصر Sulāfat al-'aṣr fī maḥāsin a'yān al-'aṣr, 1082 A.H., 1671 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 48
Scope and Contents

A collection of verses. The author is 'Alī Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Madanī b. Aḥmad Niẓām al-Dīn al-Ḥusaynī al-Ḥasanī, (also known as ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn Maʻṣūm), who accompanied his father to Hyderabad, and died at Shiraz in 1117 A.H., 1705 C.E..

Dates: 1082 A.H.; 1671 C.E.

Or Ms 53: المستطرف من کل فن مستظرف al-Mustaṭaraf min kulli fannin mustaẓraf, 1093 A.H., 1681 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 53
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The famous anthology in prose and verse of Muḥammad al-Khaṭib al-Abshīhī (c. 800 A.H., 1397 C.E.).

Dates: 1093 A.H.; 1681 C.E.

Or Ms 54: الکشکول al-Kashkūl, undated copy (original text composed 16th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 54
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The well-known Kashkūl, a collection of a variety of poetry and elegant prose, by Shaykh Bahā, al-Dīn Muḥammad 'Āmilī b. Shaykh Ḥusayn, who flourished during the reign of Shāh 'Abbās the Great, and died at Isfahan 1030 or 1031 A.H. (1621 or 1622 C.E.). He wrote under the name Bahā'ī.

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 16th cent. C.E.)

Or Ms 55: نفحة الیمن Nafḥat al-Yaman, 1226 A.H., 1811 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 55
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An Arabic miscellany of compositions in prose and verse, selected or original, by Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Anṣarī al-Yamani al-Shirwānī, who compiled it in Calcutta at the desire of Matthew M. Lumsden, and died there, 1227 A.H. (1812 C.E.).

Dates: 1226 A.H.; 1811 C.E.

Or Ms 57: مجنون لیلی العامریه Majnūn Laylá al-'Āmiriyyah, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 57
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A much celebrated love story, it is in prose, probably written by Ḥabīb b. Rabboh; the numerous verses with which the composition is interspersed are attributed to Majnūn himself (as the story's eponymous hero is named after having fallen in love with Laylá).

Dates: undated