Arabic and Persian manuscripts of George Sale, mainly poetry and belles-lettres, 13th-18th century.
Arabic and Persian manuscripts of George Sale
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- ReferenceGB 161 MSS. Sale 1-80, 82-7
- Dates of Creation13th-18th century
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialArabic, and Persian.
- Physical Description86 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
George Sale (1697?-1736) was the translator of the first English version of the Qur'an. See the Dictionary of National Biography for details.
Access Information
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk).
Acquisition Information
Bought for the Radcliffe Library, Oxford, in 1760, and transferred from there to the Bodleian Library in 1872.
Note
Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
The manuscripts are summarily described in the card catalogue, arranged by language, located in the Oriental Reading Room.
Many of the manuscripts are in E. Sachau, H. Eth and A.F.L. Beeston Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindstn, and Pusht manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, 3 vols. (Oxford, 1889-1953), vols. 1-2.