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Jarring Prov. 487

[ Jarring Prov. 487 | Jarring's handwritten catalogue ]
Qazaq proverbs. Kazakh. Kashmir. 1953.

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Qazaq proverbs. Kashmir, 1953, Kazakh

A collection of 690 Qazaq proverbs and some "words of wisdom" (ff. 46a-54b). Cf. Prov. 160.

Physical description

Support:paper, white, ruled

Extent: ff. 54 ; 200 x 160mm.

Decoration

Binding

Exercise book with black oilcloth covers

Foliation

The ms. is foliated by G. Jarring.

Condition

Fair

History

Origin

According to a note in Qasaq on the front inside cover they were all written down in Kashmir from Qasaq refugees (coming from northern Sinkiang). Date on the front inside cover: February 14, 1953.

Provenance

Acquired by Rev. Sigfrid Moen; upon his death in 1989 presented to Gunnar Jarring by his heirs.

Acquisition

The ms. was part of the Jarring collection of Eastern Turkistan manuscripts donated to the Lund University Library in 1989.

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