پدماوت Padmāwat, 1142 A.H., 1729 C.E.
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 copy as the year 42, which has been assumed to mean 1142 A.H. (1729 C.E.).
Dates
- Creation: 1142 A.H.
- Creation: 1729 C.E.
Creator
- Muḥammad, Nūr (Scribe, Person)
Language of Materials
Persian (Script: naskh)
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Extent
From the Fonds: 30 linear metres (approx)
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
Bequeathed to the University of Edinburgh Library by David Anderson in 1828, entered the library in 1834.
Processing Information
Annotation uses legacy data from Mohammed Hukk et al. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library.
Creator
- Muḥammad, Nūr (Scribe, Person)
Source
- Anderson, David, 1750-1828 (Diplomat, East India Company) (Donor, Person)
Repository Details
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