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Or Ms 279: اسکندر نامهٔ برّی Iskandar-nāma-i barrī, 1180 A.H., 1766 C.E.
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Identifier: Or Ms 279
Scope and Contents
The first part of the celebrated poem of Shaykh Jamal al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyas b. Mu'ayyad Niẓām al-Dīn, "Niẓāmī" of Ganjah, who was born at Qum, 535 A.H. (1140 C.E.), and probably died 599 A.H. (1203 C.E.), though the dates of his death are variously described, 576-607 A.H. (1180-1210 C.E.).
This section of the poem contains an account of the exploits of Alexander the Great.
Dates:
1180 A.H.; 1766 C.E.
Or Ms 339: انوار سهيلی Anwār-i Suhaylī, undated copy (original text composed 15th cent. C.E.)
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Identifier: Or Ms 339
Scope and Contents
A copy of the Persian rendition of Kalīlah and Dimnah, by Kamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn Vāʿiẓ Kāshifī, born ca. 840 A.H. (1436-37 C.E.) died. 910 A.H. (1504-5 C.E.).
Illuminated Frontispiece.
Dates:
undated copy (original text composed 15th cent. C.E.)
Or Ms 340: عيار دانش ‘Iyār-i dānish', 1184 A.H., 1770 C.E.
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Identifier: Or Ms 340
Scope and Contents
A Persian translation of Kalīlah and Dimnah made at the command of Mughal ruler Akbar the Great (r. 1556-1605 C.E.) by his favourite Prime Minister and Secretary, Shaykh Abū al-Faz̤l " 'Allāmī " b. Shaykh Mubārak Nāgūrī. This work may be regarded as a later version of the Anwār-i Suhaylī by Kamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn Vāʿiẓ Kāshifī, born ca. 840 A.H. (1436-37 C.E.) died. 910 A.H. (1504-5 C.E.).Copied by Shaykh Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn of Ḥusaynābād (near...
Dates:
1184 A.H.; 1770 C.E.
Or Ms 355: قصّهٔ هزار مسئله Qiṣṣa-yi hazār masʼalah, undated
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Identifier: Or Ms 355
Scope and Contents
The story of the Prince of Rūm and the Princess of China by Mawlānā ‘Abd al-Ghafūr.
Dates:
undated