University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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The Ms. contains stories from the beginning of the "Arabian Nights " till the middle of the tale of Qamar al-Zamān, which is the 97th Ḥikāyah, or tale, in Macnaghten's edition, but the wording is very different.

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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.

Scope and Contents The stories in verse in the Bhākā language of the loves of Padmāwati, daughter of the Rājah of Lanka or Ceylon [Sri Lanka] and Ratan-Sayn, Rājah of Chittawr (Mārwāra). There is also an account of the capture of the strong fortress of Chittawr, about 703 A.H. (1303 C.E.), by Sulṭān ‘Alāʼ al-Dīn Khiljī (695-716 A.H., 1296-1316 C.E.). The author is (Mālik) Shaykh Muḥammad Jāʼīsī, who composed it in 927 A.H. (1520 C.E.). The copyist gives the year of the transcription of the present...

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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.

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...

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The romance of Prince Āftāb and Princess Mahtāb by Allāhdād-Khān, poetrically styled "Fayyāz̤". According to the chronogram, it was copied at Jaipur in 1170 A.H., 1756 C.E. A piece of shed snakeskin and some leaves have been inserted into the volume.

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The story of the Prince of Rūm and the Princess of China by Mawlānā ‘Abd al-Ghafūr.

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The love story of Prince Sayf al-Mulūk and Princess Badī‘ al-Jamāl, a tale adapted from the Arabian Nights.

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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.