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Or Ms 118: 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
Or Ms 354: قصّهٔ حاتم طائی Qiṣṣa-yi Ḥātim Ṭāʼī, 1189 A.H., 1775 C.E.
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Identifier: Or Ms 354
Scope and Contents
The popular romance of Ḥātim Ṭāʼī, a famous Pre-Islamic Arabian poet and figure known for his generosity in Arab culture. He is mentioned in the Arabian Nights and in Sa‘dī's Gulistān, among other works.
Dates:
1189 A.H.; 1775 C.E.
Or Ms 356: قصهٔ سيف الملوک و بديع الجمال Qiṣṣa-yi Sayf al-Mulūk-u Badī‘ al-Jamāl, undated copy (earliest version compiled 9th cent. C.E.)
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Identifier: Or Ms 356
Scope and Contents
The love story of Prince Sayf al-Mulūk and Princess Badī‘ al-Jamāl, a tale adapted from the Arabian Nights.
Dates:
undated copy (earliest version compiled 9th cent. C.E.)
Or Ms 357: قصهٔ دليله محتاله Qiṣṣa-yi Dalīlah Muḥtālah, undated copy (earliest version compiled 9th cent. C.E.)
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Identifier: Or Ms 357
Scope and Contents
The adventures of Dalīlah (here written Dallah) Muḥtālah in the time of the ‘Abbāsid ruler Hārūn al-Rashīd. The story has been adapted from the Arabian Nights.
Dates:
undated copy (earliest version compiled 9th cent. C.E.)