Author
Sanbhū Sahāy, Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Ivanow 22., Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Ivanow 22.
Publication Date
1785
Subject
Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
Indian literature
Manuscripts, Persian
Tales
Quebec—Montreal
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Indian literature
Tales
Manuscripts, Persian—Quebec (Province)—Montreal
Subject Headings Directory
Literature of Indigenous Peoples
Tales
Persian manuscripts—Quebec (Province)—Montreal
Type
Document
Language
Persian
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
204 unnumbered pages ; 22 x 15 cm
Library
McGill University Libraries
Library Asset ID
428071740
Record ID
428071740
Library Location
Rare Books/Special Collections
Date
1785
Notes
Explicit: Behr zin, I ended my imagination / Taj Nesrand... auspicious omen.
Manuscript
Title supplied by cataloger, copy date and transcriber's name from the colophon.
14 lines per page, Indian Nasta'līq hand, black ink throughout, Oriental paper.
Incomplete at the end, catch words.
Paraphrase of Hindu tales known as Vetālapanaviṃsatī.
Referred to as Tarjumat al-nawādir (leaf 77a); translated in 1154 [1741].
Copied by Sanbhū Sahāy. Includes the seal impression of the transcriber in the colophon.
Dedicated to Navvāb 'Abd Allāh Khān ibn Zayn al-Dīn Khān.
Incipit: Banafshe Sajd, who accepted Mr. Sane...
Yazar Rolü
Transcriber, ,
Durum
Available
Sahiplik/Koruma Geçmişi
Formerly owned by Navvāb 'Abd Allāh Khān ibn Zayn al-Dīn Khān. CaQMM
Purchased by Ivanow in Lucknow in 1927. CaQMM
