File:Kurdish manuscript in the British Library – start of the Edîqeya Îmanî by Ahmad Khani (Ehmed Xani), 18th century (Or. 5932, f. 14v).jpg

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First page of an 18th-century manuscript copy of ''Nûbihara Biçûkan'' by Ahmad Khani (Ehmed Xani), the earliest Kurdish–Arabic dictionary in verse (British Library: Or. 5932, f. 9v)

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English: Photograph showing folio 14 verso of the British Library's 18th-century manuscript copy in Kurdish (Shelf mark: Or 5932, http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS032-003468688, ff. 14v–16r) of the Edîqeya Îmanî, written by Ahmad Khani (Ehmed Xani). The text was used by Kurdish madrasa students learning Arabic. This manuscript, also containing the same author's Nûbihara Biçûkan (9r–14r), was bought from one I. E. Geljon on 30 March 1901. [The British Library's catalogue has a question mark after this name]
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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′ 50.52″ N, 0° 07′ 35.99″ W  Heading=153.73410404624° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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