Proverbs, Persian
Subject
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Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia
Fonds
Identifier: Or Ms
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of over 700 manuscripts pertaining to the Islamicate world and South Asia, dating from the 10th to 19th centuries C.E. (the majority being post-1500). Chiefly bound paper codices, it includes sacred texts of importance to the Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh faiths, Qur’anic commentaries, Traditions of the Prophet Muhammad and the Shi’i Imams, works treating Islamic law, world history, the history of India, medicine,...
Dates:
10th-19th centuries C.E. (bulk: post-1500 C.E.)
جامع التمثیل Jāmi' al-tams̲īl, 1226 A.H., 1810 C.E.
Item
Identifier: Or Ms 116
Scope and Contents
A collection of proverbs arranged in alphabetical order according to the first letter of each proverb; thus there are as many chapters as there are letters in the alphabet. Their origin and use are also explained, and illustrated by means of short historical anecdotes.Texts from the Qur'ān and poet quotations are also introduced towards the end. This is one of the most celebrated works of the author, Muḥammad 'Alī Jabalwardī, sometimes called Jabalrūdī.
Dates:
1226 A.H.; 1810 C.E.