Trinity Hall : Selection of verses by Niẓāmī and Hātifī, collected to illustrate a number of ethical principles

Trinity Hall

<p style='text-align: justify;'>This Persian manuscript is a compendium of eleven works on the subjects of Islamic ethics, Persian poetry, Masnavis, and Religious poetry by several different authors. It was in the Old Library by 1720, when an inscription was made on the front flyleaf by William Warren (1682-1745), Fellow and Librarian of Trinity Hall.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>It contains: Selection of verses by Nizāmī and Hātifī, collected to illustrate a number of ethical principles; <i>Pand’nāmah</i> (Book of Advice) spuriously attributed to Saʻdī (d. 1292); Qiṣṣah-ʾi mūsh va gurbah (also known as the Fable of the mouse and the cat) by ʻUbayd Zākānī, Niẓām al-Dīn, d. ca. 1370; Two tracts on ethics; Nān va halvā; Religious poem; Religious qasīdah; Bāb davyam dar bayān-i fadīlat-i muhtar-i Ibrāhīm; Tract on courtly etiquette; Short tract on companionship. </p>