File:Kurdish manuscript in the British Library – opening pages of Mem û Zîn by Ahmad Khani (Ehmed Xani), copied in 1221 AH 1806–7 CE (Or. 11996, ff. 1v–2r).jpg

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Opening pages of a 19th-century manuscript copy of ''Mem û Zîn'' by Ahmad Khani (Ehmed Xani) (British Library: Or. 11996, ff. 1v–2r)

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English: Photograph showing folio 1 verso and folio 2 recto of the British Library's manuscript copy of the Kurdish national epic, the masnavi love story Mem û Zîn by Ahmad Khani (Ehmed Xani). (Shelf mark: Or. 11996, http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS032-003468566) The manuscript was copied in 1221 AH (1806/1807 CE) by ᵓabd al-Bāqī bī-Talqīn, under the patronage of Arjumand Ibrāhīm Khān. The Mem û Zîn text itself begins on folio 3 verso, where the original pagination begins. This photograph shows additional couplets of poetry and graffiti added with these folios, with dates of 1225 AH (1810/1811 CE) and 1243 AH (1827/1828 CE).
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https://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2019/11/a-testament-to-diversity-kurdish-manuscript-collections-at-the-british-library.html

"A testament to diversity: Kurdish manuscript collections at the British Library" Michael Erdman, Turkish and Turkic Collections Curator, British Library

British Library Asian and African studies blog, 19 November 2019
Author British Library photograph, marked as public domain
Camera location51° 31′ 49.56″ N, 0° 07′ 36.18″ W  Heading=98.902985074627° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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