Kitab-i Baxtiyar-namə - كتاب بختيارنامه

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 9839
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1199
  • Language of Material
    • Persian Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 2 texts 98 ff. Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 98 ff. Dimensions : 209 mm x 142 mm. Script : Nesih, occasionally vocalized.

Scope and Content

This is a metrical translation of the Bakhtiyār-nāmah into an Azerbaijani dialect by Molla Muhamməd-i Bağdadi (Şeyx Fulad-i Yunani) as the last beyt indicates. This author has not been traced to any tezkere. On f 95r there is a chronogram giving the date of composition as 1058 AH (1648-49 CE). The text is provided with interlinear Persian glosses to f 4r and occasionally thereafter. This is followed by the Persian masnavī entitled Qiṣṣa-i Sangtarāsh of ᶜUbayd-i Zākānī (ff 95v-98r). The manuscript was copied in 1199 AH (1784-85 CE) by Molla Muhamməd Rəsul vələd-i Muhamməd.

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