Royal Asiatic Society (MS P.337)

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number SamarqandiSindbadnama3
Location Library of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Siglum/Shelfmark
Page/Folio range ff. 1-117
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Sindbadnama
Incipit or textual title
Version (siglum) Persian Sindbadnama
Language Group within Version
Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version Zahiri al Samarqandi, Sindbadnama
Further scholarly subgroup (1)
Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition
Languages
Language of text Persian
Regional or specific Language of text Dari (Insha)
Source for regional or specific Language of text
Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions
Authorship and Production
Scribe unknown - colophon says it was copied from a manuscript by Lalah Sahib Wali Ni'matullah
Author Lalah Sahib Wali Ni'matullah
Place of Manuscript Production Central India
Date of Manuscript Production 1785
Source of Date of Manuscript Production
Physical Description
Material
Total pages/folios in Manuscript
Height
Width
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript The majority of the manuscript is made up of the Jami al Hikayat
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript
Has Short TitleHas Sequence NumberHas NarratorHas Name Variation