Silk al-Jawāhir
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- Country
- Austria
- City
- Vienna
- Institution
- National Library
- Collection
- Arabic Manuscripts Alter Fond
- Shelfmark
- 438a
Contents
- Silk al-Jawāhir (Ḥamīd Angūrī, d. after 763/1362 )
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- Author
- Ḥamīd Angūrī, d. after 763/1362
- عبد الحمید بن عبد الرحمن انگوري
- Show other names
- ‘Abd al-Ḥamīd b. ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Angūrī
- Enguri
- ‘Abd al-Ḥamīd b. ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Angūrī (authorised)
- عبد الحمید بن عبد الرحمن انگوري (variant)
- (variant)
- Biographical notes
- Nothing is known of the life of this author Ḥamid Anguri. His nisba indicates he may have been a native of Ankara. His works suggest a well educated man, at home in both Arabic and Persian.
- Title
- Silk al-Jawāhir
- سلک الجواهر
- Notes
- The work, a verse dictionary of Persian comprised of 35 qiṭ‘as in 550 bayts in a variety of metres, was composed in imitation of the works of the poets Badr al-Dīn al-Farāhī and Husam al-Dīn al-Khūyī حسام الدين خوئى، حسن بن عبد المؤمنaccording to the introduction. The author in his introduction expresses the hope that it will become widely read like Husam al-Dīn al-Khūyī حسام الدين خوئى، حسن بن عبد المؤمن’s work the Niṣāb al-Ṣibyān wa Naṣīb al-Fityān.
- Main language of text
- Arabic
- Show filiations
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 735
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 3794
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 1102
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 3669
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 3670
- Zeytinoğlu İlçe Halk Ktp. (Tavşanlı) 999
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 3626
- National Library 276a 276b
Physical Description
- Number of folios
- 68 ff.
History
- Date of copy
- possibly 15th. century