Jarring Prov. 534
[ Jarring Prov. 534 | Jarring's handwritten catalogue ]
Abu Muslim.
Uighur.
Eastern Turkistan.
1303/1885-1886.
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Lund University Library
Abu Muslim. Eastern Turkistan, 1303/1885-1886, Uighur
There is no indication of title in this huge volume. This work is well-known in Central Asia as Abu Muslim, cf. Prov. 230, 437. Ff. 273a-280b contain a fragment of another Eastern Turki manuscript in versified form, dealing with a king called Aghris Khan. The main manuscript is supplied with numerous commentaries in the margin.
Physical description
Extent: ff. 280 ; 360 x 250mm.
Decoration
Binding
Reddish-brown leather binding, with remnants of paper, once pasted on to the covers
Foliation
The ms. is foliated by G. Jarring.
Condition
Unusable
History
Origin
Date (f. 272b): 1303/1885-1886.
Provenance
On ff. 2b, 3a, 143b, 193b, 214b, 272b blue circular seals, evidently of Chinese or Mongolian origin. The ms. was brought to Sweden by Rev. David Gustafsson who acquired it in Kashghar or Yarkand in the 1920's. Brought to Sweden by Gustafsson. It was delivered by him to the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden in Stockholm, 5 April 1930.
Acquisition
The ms. was presented by the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden to the Lund University Library in August 1991.
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