A translation into English of the "Char durwesh," 1847.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Mīr Amman Dihlavī, active 1801-1806

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Dr. Craig Baxter Memorial Fund.

Standardized Title:

Bāg̲h̲ o bahār. English

Language:

English

Urdu

Subjects (All):

Dervishes--Turkey--Fiction.

Dervishes.

Manners and customs.

Turkey--Social life and customs--Fiction.

Turkey.

Genre:

Translations (documents)

Sketches.

Manuscripts, English.

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Ken Spelman Books, Ltd. (York, England), 2014.

Physical Description:

1 volume

Place of Publication:

1847.

Language Note:

English translation from Urdu. English with some Urdu at end.

Summary:

This volume contains a partial English translation of Mīr Amman Dihlavī's Bāg̲h̲ o bahār, Tale of four durwesh. There are 103 numbered pages with the following divisions: Introduction, Preface by the author, The story of the four dervishes, Adventure of the first dervish, and the Story of the second dervish. The Introduction explains the history of the translation. Eight small sketches in black ink illustrate some scenes. The translator is unidentified, but most likely a British soldier. Written on the inside front cover in pencil is: "Commenced 16 Sept. 1847, by A. I. (unreadable), 3d Regt. L.I." and on the fourth page from the end of the volume written in ink horizontally is "3d L. I., G Company, Orderly Havildar Mahommed Saib. General number 95." After page 103 the remainder of the volume is blank except for the last four leaves. One page has a list of words in English paired with the translation of the words in Urdu.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dr. Craig Baxter Memorial Fund.

OCLC:

879661612