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Tales--India

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Or Ms 352: معدن الجواهر Ma‘dan al-jawāhir, 1206 A.H., 1791 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 352
Scope and Contents

A collection of moral tales, which were originally compiled for the Emperor Jahāngīr (r. 1605 to 1627 C.E.) by Mullā Dawlat-Khān "Ṭarzī".

Dates: 1206 A.H.; 1791 C.E.

Or Ms 353: روح القصص Rūḥ al-qiṣaṣ, 1170 A.H., 1756 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 353
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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.

Dates: 1170 A.H.; 1756 C.E.

Or Ms 355: قصّهٔ هزار مسئله Qiṣṣa-yi hazār masʼalah, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 355
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The story of the Prince of Rūm and the Princess of China by Mawlānā ‘Abd al-Ghafūr.

Dates: undated

Or Ms 382: قصّها Qiṣṣahā, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 382
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A few short tales of the wisdom of birds. In the last tale, the compiler has described the condition of Calcutta (Kolkata) and Monghir as it existed during his time. At the end there is a short selection from the poems of the celebrated Mirzā Muḥammad Rafī‘, poetically styled 'Sawdā' of Dehli (d. 1195 A.H., 1781 C.E.).

Dates: undated

Or Ms 419: انوار سهیلی Anvār-i-Suhaylī, undated copy (original text composed 15th cent. C.E.)

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Identifier: Or Ms 419
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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.).


Written by two different hands see A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library by Mohammad Hukk et al. (1925) for details.

Dates: undated copy (original text composed 15th cent. C.E.)