Author
anonymous
Subject
Romance fiction, Persian, Romance fiction, Turkish, Medicine, Arab, Medicine, Persian, Nutrition, Herbs
Type
Book
Language
Chagatai
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
ff. 38 Dimensions (leaf): 19.8 × 12.8 cm.
Library
FIHRIST Library
Library Asset ID
MS. Ind. Inst. Turk. 18
Record ID
23143
Library Location
Bodleian Library, Oxford University
Notes
Contains one larger yet incomplete work, one page of excerpts, and one separate leaf of notes. The main text is a Chaghatay copy of the fictional story of two lovers, همراه Hamrāh (sometimes known as همراهجان Hamrāh-jān) and حورلقا Ḥūr-liqā, a popular subject for literature and theatre in late 19th and early 20th c. Eastern Turkistan. Missing part of the story at the end. There is also a one-page excerpt in poor Arabic based on شیخ بهاٸي Shaykh Bahā'ī 's کتاب المخلاة Kitāb al-Mikhlāh on traditional medicine and alimentation. Contains many misspellings and misquotations; likely written from memory. . Also contains one loose leaf in Chaghatay on the same type of paper listing a number of spices, seeds, and vegetables for cooking and traditional medicine.
Koleksiyon
Oriental Manuscripts
Biçim
codex
Yazı Türü
Script: Naskh in black ink with purple ink for some proper names and section headings. Scribe(s)unknown, but the scribes of the separate leaf and the excerpts fromکتاب المخلاةKitāb al-Mikhlāhonfolio 36bmay be the same, given the similarity in both hand and subject matter.
