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

 Person

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 167 Collections and/or Records:

الصّحاح في الّلغة al-Ṣahah fī al-lughah, 667 A.H., 1269 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 401
Scope and Contents

A splendid old copy of the famous Arabic Lexicon of Abū Naṣr al-Fārābī, Muslim philosopher and polymath of the 4th century A.H./ 10th century C.E.

Dates: 667 A.H.; 1269 C.E.

الصراح من الصحاح al-Ṣurah min al-ṣaḥah (volume 1), 1227-1230 A.H., 1812-1815 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 139
Scope and Contents

A dictionary of Arabic words explained in Persian, being a translation (completed, 681 A.H., 1282 C.E.) of the famous Arabic dictionary entitled al-Ṣaḥah, of Abū Naṣr Ismā'il b. Ḥammād Jawharī, d. 398 A.H., 1007 C.E.), by Abū al-Faz̤l Muḥammad b. 'Umar b. Khālid, commonly called "Jamāl al-Qurashī." The work is across two volumes, Or Ms 139 and 140.

Dates: 1227-1230 A.H.; 1812-1815 C.E.

الصراح من الصحاح al-Ṣurah min al-ṣaḥah (volume 2), 1227-1230 A.H., 1812-1815 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 140
Scope and Contents

A dictionary of Arabic words explained in Persian, being a translation (completed, 681 A.H., 1282 C.E.) of the famous Arabic dictionary entitled al-Ṣaḥah, of Abū Naṣr Ismā'il b. Ḥammād Jawharī, d. 398 A.H., 1007 C.E.), by Abū al-Faz̤l Muḥammad b. 'Umar b. Khālid, commonly called "Jamāl al-Qurashī." The work is across two volumes, OR MS 139 and 140.

Dates: 1227-1230 A.H.; 1812-1815 C.E.

العجب العجاب فیما یفید الکتّاب al-'Ajab al-'ujāb fīmā yufīd al-kuttāb, 1229 A.H., 1813 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 56
Scope and Contents

A complete introduction to the art of letter-writing, being a collection of letters upon various subjects, compiled by Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Anṣarī al-Yamanī al-Shirwānī, who died Calcutta in 1227 A.H. (1812 C.E.).

Dates: 1229 A.H.; 1813 C.E.

الف لیله (قصّهٔ هزار و یک شب) Alf laylah (qiṣṣah-i Hizar u yik shab), undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 118
Scope and Contents

The Alf laylah, on the flyleaf labelled Qiṣṣah-i hizār-u yik shab or the "One Thousand and One Nights" in Persian, translated from the original Arabic, with the omission of the verses by Abū al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad 'Alī Simnānī Sāsānī.

Dates: undated

الف لیله و لیله Alf laylah wa-laylah vol. 2, 1229-1233 A.H., 1814 -1818 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 59
Scope and Contents

The "Arabian Nights " in the original Arabic; the two volumes (OR MS 58 and 59) contain the stories of 200 nights. The work has been edited by Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Anṣarī al-Yamanī al-Shirwānī, who died Calcutta in 1227 A.H. (1812 C.E.). See Or Ms 55 and 56 for more of his work.

Dates: 1229-1233 A.H.; 1814 -1818 C.E.

الف لیله و لیله Alf laylah wa-laylah vol.1, 1229-1233 A.H., 1814 -1818 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 58
Scope and Contents

The "Arabian Nights " in the original Arabic; the two volumes (OR MS 58 and 59) contain the stories of 200 nights. The work has been edited by Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Anṣarī al-Yamanī al-Shirwānī, who died Calcutta in 1227 A.H. (1812 C.E.). See Or Ms 55 and 56 for more of his work.

Dates: 1229-1233 A.H.; 1814 -1818 C.E.

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

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Identifier: Or Ms 54
Scope and Contents

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.)

الکفایه al-Kifāyah, 1223 A.H., 1808 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 123
Scope and Contents

An anonymous treatise in Persian on nouns in the Arabic grammar.

Dates: 1223 A.H.; 1808 C.E.

المتداوله لدرس النحو al-Mutadāwilah li dars al-naḥw, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 39
Scope and Contents

An entire and correct edition of five famous books upon Arabic grammar collated with the most ancient Mss. in India by Lieut. (afterwards Col.) John Baillie. The work is in two volumes, Or Ms 39 and 40.

Dates: undated