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Tales--India

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

عيار دانش ‘Iyār-i dānish', 1184 A.H., 1770 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 340
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...
Dates: 1184 A.H.; 1770 C.E.

قصّهٔ هزار مسئله Qiṣṣa-yi hazār masʼalah, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 355
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: undated

قصّها Qiṣṣahā, undated

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Identifier: Or Ms 382
Scope and Contents

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

معدن الجواهر Ma‘dan al-jawāhir, 1188 A.H., 1774 C.E.

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Identifier: Or Ms 351
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: 1188 A.H.; 1774 C.E.

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.