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قصّهٔ چهار درویش Qiṣṣah-i chahār darvīsh, undated copy (original text composed 14th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 120

Scope and Contents

The story of King Āzād Bakhsh, his son Bakhtiyār, and the four dervishes. It is written in florid prose interspersed with verse. The work is commonly ascribed to the most celebrated Persian poet of India, Amīr Khusrow of Dehli (d. 725 A.H., 1324 C.E.). The present copy has at the end an extensive vocabulary of the difficult words occurring in the text. The tales of the four dervshes begin respectively on fols. 4b, 22b, 71a, and 835. The Urdū translation of this work is called the "Bāgh-u Bahār".

Dates

  • Creation: undated copy (original text composed 14th cent. C.E.)

Language of Materials

Persian (Script: nasta'līq)

Conditions Governing Access

Open. Please contact the repository in advance.

Full Extent

1 volume

Other Finding Aids

Hukk, Mohammed Ashraful; Ethé, Hermann; and Robertson, Edward, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library (Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd., 1925).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated to the University of Edinburgh Library by Lieutenant-Colonel John Baillie of Leys' grandson, also named John Baillie, in 1876.

Processing Information

Annotation uses legacy data from Mohammed Hukk et al. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library.

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Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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