London British Library Or. 225

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Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	British Library (Or. 225)
Location	London, British Library
Siglum/Shelfmark	Or. 225
Page/Folio range	f1v - f155r

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	Sindbadnama
Incipit or textual title
Version (siglum)	Persian
└ Language Group within Version	Dari
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version	Samarqandi Sindbadnama
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)	Claims to be adapted from Fanaruzi's 9th century translation of a Pahlavi original
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition

Languages
Language of text
Regional or specific Language of text	Dari (Insha)
Source for regional or specific Language of text

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation	No
Modern Editions	Seyyed Mohammad Bagher Kamaladdini, Tehran, 2013 (Zahiri Sindbadnameh)

Authorship and Production
Scribe	Unknown
Author	Muhammad b. 'Ali az-Zahiri as-Samarqandi
Place of Manuscript Production	Hyderabad (Decca)
Date of Manuscript Production	1622 CE (1029 AHAH)
Source of Date of Manuscript Production

Physical Description
Material	Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	155
Height
Width
Script style/form	Nastaliq
Prose or verse	Prose
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	None (specially copied for Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah).

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature	Haidar and Sardar (2015), p. 203, Rieu (1879-83) vol. 2 p. 748

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript
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