Adventures of Hatim Tai
Contributors: Turner, William W. (William Wadden), 1810-1859, former owner; Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published: 1800
Language: per
Number of pages: 111
Subjects: Persian prose literature; Persian Romances; Persian Manuscripts
Work titles: Qiṣṣah-i Ḥātim Ṭāʼī (Romance)
Description: Persian-learner's copy of the story. In some sections, the story appears on rectos, and glosser terms in Persian and English appear on the facing verso (f. 1v-9v); in other sections, the story appears on both recto and verso, with vocabulary items annotated in English in the margin (f. 46-113).
Notes: Manuscript codex.

Title from inscription (f. 1r).

Layout: 8 to 9 long lines.

Script: Written in large nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed.

Origin: The item is undated, but an owner's note places it before 1853. Likely copied in the 19th century.

Shelfmark: X892.8 Ad9.

Inscription: "Wm. W. Turner, Esq.-- from his Friend Ch[...] Wexford -- NYork 1853 -- and to his Friend -- Alexander I. Coltheal -- from W.W. Turner" (flyleaf verso at back of book).

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Gift of Alexander I. Cotheal (library bookplate inside front cover).

Persian with some English glosses.

Given by Ch[...] Wexford to William W. Turner in 1853 and then to Alexander I. Cotheal (note in pencil, back flyleaf verso).

Formerly owned by Alexander I. Cotheal (stamp, f. 1r).

Red leather over pulpboard with faint gold-tooled (now greenish) frame of parallel lines; plain paper doublure.

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