Tales--India
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Or Ms 299: پدماوت Padmāwat, 1142 A.H., 1729 C.E.
Item
Identifier: Or Ms 299
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.).
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Dates:
1142 A.H.; 1729 C.E.