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Manuscript/Mixed Material Muntakhab-i Mas̲navī-i sharīf منتخب مثنوي شريف

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Title

  • Muntakhab-i Mas̲navī-i sharīf

Other Title

  • منتخب مثنوي شريف

Summary

  • Selections of the Masnavi of Jalal al-Din Rumi.

Names

  • Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273
  • ʻArīf Jābirī, Shāh ʻĀlim Gharīb, scribe

Created / Published

  • 1261 [1845]

Headings

  • -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Pakistan
  • -  India

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Persian.
  • -  Title from colophon.
  • -  Miyān Shāh ʻĀlim Gharīb ʻArīf Jābirī, sākin-i mawz̤aʻ-i Jalhārī Bahāʼikhān.
  • -  Jalhārī Bahāʼikhān, India (now Pakistan).
  • -  Paper: thick greyish Eastern paper and Eastern laid paper; scraps of paper, also containing writing unrelated to the text, glued on to either the top or bottom of pages to make them a uniform size for binding; some decoration at the end of sections; all pages written in double columns, some of which have single red borders; catch-words on rectos of some pages.
  • -  Manuscript missing unknown number of leaves at beginning, between leaves 4 and 5, and between leves 12 and 13.
  • -  First 12 leaves have numbered sections beginning with section 3. "Ḥikāyat-i Pādishāh-yi Jahūdān va ḥukmʹkardan-i ū" and ending with section 32; sections 5-21 missing.
  • -  Nastaʻlīq; 17-18 lines in written area approximately 15.5 -8.5 cm.
  • -  Decorative borders at end of some sections.
  • -  Folios 1a-139b.
  • -  Library of Congress. ... manuscript, 70.
  • -  Front cover, spine, and unknown number of pages missing; back cover cardboard with remnants of original leather covering; almost completely disbound.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  Colophon: تمت تمام شد منتخب مثنوي شريف بيد فقير حقير تقصير ميان شاه عالم عريف جابري ساكن موضع جلهاري بهائيخان ١٣٦١ ...

Medium

  • 139 leaves (17-18 lines) bound : paper ; 20 x 13.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PK6479 .A75 1845

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2013415525

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Persian Language Manuscript Project are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Persian Manuscript Collection

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Chicago citation style:

Jalāl Al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, and Shāh ʻĀlim Gharīb ʻArīf Jābirī. Muntakhab-i Mas̲navī-i sharīf. [1845] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013415525/.

APA citation style:

Jalāl Al-Dīn Rūmī, M. & ʻArīf Jābirī, S. ʻ. G. (1845) Muntakhab-i Mas̲navī-i sharīf. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013415525/.

MLA citation style:

Jalāl Al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, and Shāh ʻĀlim Gharīb ʻArīf Jābirī. Muntakhab-i Mas̲navī-i sharīf. [1845] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2013415525/>.