Or Ms 376: بياض Bayāz̤, 1143-55 A.H., 1730-42 C.E.
Scope and Contents
Short selections, mostly in verse, from the following poets: A‘ẓam-Bakhsh, As̲ar, Ni‘mat Khān ‘Alī, Sa‘dī Shīrāzī, Walī, Muḥammad Ja‘far, Ghanī Kashmīrī, Maz̲hab Isfahānī, ‘Abd al-Jawwād, Mukhlis-Khān, ‘Urfī Shīrāzī, Khushdīd, Aḥmad ‘Alī Payām, etc.
Dates
- Creation: 1143-55 A.H.
- Creation: 1730-42 C.E.
Creator
- ‘Abd al-Jawwād (Hand | Scribe | Possible owner) (Scribe, Person)
Language of Materials
Persian (Script: nasta'līq-shikastah)
Physical Description
Features gold sprinkled coloured pages.
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
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 Adam Anderson, nephew of the collector, James Anderson, in 1844.
Physical Description
Features gold sprinkled coloured pages.
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
- ‘Abd al-Jawwād (Hand | Scribe | Possible owner) (Scribe, Person)
Source
- Anderson, Adam, 1797-1853 (Scottish judge and Senator of the College of Justice) (Donor, Person)
- Anderson, James, 1758-1833 (Persian Interpretor, East India Company) (Former owner, Person)
Repository Details
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