Tales--Iran
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia
Or Ms 101: اسکندر نامهٔ برّی Iskandar-nāmah-i barrī, undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)
Or Ms 117: انوار سهیلی Anvār-i Suhaylī, 1244 A.H., 1828 C.E.
A fine complete copy of the rendition, in Persian, 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.).
Or Ms 118: الف لیله (قصّهٔ هزار و یک شب) Alf laylah (qiṣṣah-i Hizar u yik shab), undated
The Alf laylah, on the flyleaf labelled Qiṣṣah-i hizār-u yik shab or the "One Thousand and One Nights" in Persian, translated from the original Arabic, with the omission of the verses by Abū al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad 'Alī Simnānī Sāsānī.
Or Ms 119: جوامع الحکایات و لوامع الروایات Jawāmi' al-ḥikāyāt va lavāmi' al-rivāyāt, 842-843 A.H., 1439-1440 C.E.
A celebrated collection of historical tales and anecdotes, by Mawlānā Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad 'Aufī, also known as Sadr al-Dīn, or Jamāl al-Dīn 'Aufī, who also compiled one of the earliest biographies of poets, called Lubāb al-Albāb. The present work was composed in 625 A.H. (1227 C.E.).
Or Ms 120: قصّهٔ چهار درویش Qiṣṣah-i chahār darvīsh, undated copy (original text composed 14th cent. C.E.)
Or Ms 279: اسکندر نامهٔ برّی Iskandar-nāma-i barrī, 1180 A.H., 1766 C.E.
The first part of the celebrated poem of Shaykh Jamal al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyas b. Mu'ayyad Niẓām al-Dīn, "Niẓāmī" of Ganjah, who was born at Qum, 535 A.H. (1140 C.E.), and probably died 599 A.H. (1203 C.E.), though the dates of his death are variously described, 576-607 A.H. (1180-1210 C.E.).
This section of the poem contains an account of the exploits of Alexander the Great.
Or Ms 339: انوار سهيلی Anwār-i Suhaylī, undated copy (original text composed 15th cent. C.E.)
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.).
Illuminated Frontispiece.
Or Ms 340: عيار دانش ‘Iyār-i dānish', 1184 A.H., 1770 C.E.
Or Ms 341: گلستان Gulistān, undated (extant by 18th Cent. C.E.)
This is a complete copy of the famous Gulistān by Persian poet Shaykh Sa‘dī Shīrāzī (d. 691 A.H., 1292 C.E.).