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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 4 Collections and/or Records:

Or Ms 49: مقامات البدیعي Maqāmāt al-Badī'ī, undated copy (original text composed 10th-11th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 49
Scope and Contents

A collection of forty maqāmahs (discourses) and three additional novelettes, compiled by Badī' al-Zamān b. Ḥusayn, better known as "al-Hamadānī" d. 398 A.H. 1008 C.E.

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 10th-11th cent. C.E.)

Or Ms 50: مقامات الحریري Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī, undated copy (original text composed 11th-12th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 50
Scope and Contents

These are the ever popular stories of Abū Muḥammad al-Qāsim b. 'Alī al-Harīrī (d. 516 A.H., 1122 C.E.), who was the most famous prose-writer of his time.

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 11th-12th cent. C.E.)

Or Ms 51: مقامات الحریري Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī, 1225 A.H., 1809 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 51
Scope and Contents

This is vol. 1 of Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī. These are the ever popular stories of Abū Muḥammad al-Qāsim b. 'Alī al-Harīrī (d. 516 A.H., 1122 C.E.), who was the most famous prose-writer of his time. This is a printed volume.

Dates: 1225 A.H.; 1809 C.E.

Or Ms 52: شرح مقامات الحریري Sharḥ Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 52
Scope and Contents

An anonymous commentary upon the Maqāmāt of al-Ḥarīrī, transcribed at Lucknow.

Dates: undated