Jarring Prov. 349
[ Jarring Prov. 349 | Jarring's handwritten catalogue ]
A collection of Eastern Turki tazkira.
Uighur.
Eastern Turkistan.
19th century, late or 20th century, early (?).
Prov. no. 349 of 557. Go to: 1 ... 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 ... 557
Lund University Library
A collection of Eastern Turki tazkira. Eastern Turkistan, 19th century, late or 20th century, early (?), Uighur
Old number 169. A collection of Eastern Turki tazkira and similar biographical works, contents;
1) ff. 5b-13b The story of Imam Muhammad Baqir and his martyrdom. Cf. Muginov 64, 65; Prov. 102:2;
2) ff. 13b-41a ... Evidently dealing with different imams, i.e. on f. 31a-34b the imam who conquered Kashghar, alluding to Kutaiba ibn Muslim? ;
3) ff. 41b-48a The tazkira of the 12 imams;
4) ff. 48a-72b This tazkira contains the history of the conquest of Kashgharia and Khotan by Yusuf Qadir Khan ghazi together with a number of different imams, all enumerated in the text. This tazkira seems in some way to be connected with the preceding tazkira of Prov. 349:2. Cf. Prov. 355:2;
5) ff. 73a-75b Rules for the conduct of life, ending on f. 75a-b with the geneaology of Khoja Jahan;
6) ff. 76a-77a A list of the reigns of different rulers of Kashghar, Yarkand and Khotan, beginning with Satuq Bughra Khan, cf. 143:3, 148:3, 148:4, 155:2, 352, 355:1, 358:1, 358:2;
7) ff. 77a-79a An extract from the ... (cf. Prov 328) with a note in Raquette's hand: Densamme som förorsakade sanden att lägga sig över Taklamakan (The same one who caused the sand to cover Taklamakan).
Physical description
Extent: ff. 79 ; 270 x 155mm.
Decoration
Binding
Red leather binding with decorations including citations from Persian poetry
Foliation
The ms. is foliated by G. Jarring.
Condition
Good
History
Origin
No date indicated but probably late 19th century or early 20th century.
Provenance
The manuscript once belonged to Gustaf Raquette who acquired it in Kashghar or Yarkand in the early part of the 20th century. A rubber stamp impression in red on f. 5a with the text G. Raquette Kaschgar Turkestan.
Acquisition
The copy was presented by Gustaf Raquette's widow, Mrs Hanna Raquette, to the Lund University Library in the 1960's.
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