Jarring Prov. 272
[ Jarring Prov. 272 | Jarring's handwritten catalogue ]
Biography of Shah Mashrab.
Uighur.
Eastern Turkistan.
19th century, late (?).
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Lund University Library
Biography of Shah Mashrab. Eastern Turkistan, 19th century, late (?), Uighur
Old number 82. An Eastern Turki manuscript. An incomplete copy of the biography of Shah Mashrab, interspersed with specimens of his poetry. Cf. Prov. 35, 44, 125, 150, 271:9, 358:4; M. Hartmann, Mesreb, der weise Narr und fromme Ketzer (Der islamische Orient I, V).
Physical description
Extent: ff. 131 ; 195 x 125mm.
Decoration
Binding
Brown leather without decorations
Foliation
The ms. is foliated by G. Jarring.
Condition
Poor
History
Origin
No date indicated, but probably late 19th century.
Provenance
Bought in 1929 in Kashghar by Gunnar Jarring.
Acquisition
The ms. was part of the Jarring collection of Eastern Turkistan manuscripts donated to the Lund University Library in 1982.
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