"Translations from the Persian and Arabic by the late E. Rehatsek". Handwritten manuscript with paper cover on which Arbuthnot has subdivided the work into: Selective historical and other extracts from, the celebrated Arabic work of "Al Mostetraf", pp.1-5 Some extracts from the well known "Sira'j-ul-moluk", pp 5 to 7 Twenty five chapters of Extracts from the Arabic "Juhfat khoan us safa" under the title of "Discussion between man and animals before the King of the Jinns pp.7 to 33 The manuscript and cover ares undated.
Sans titrePersian literature
23 Description archivistique résultats pour Persian literature
"Translations from the Persian and Arabic by the late E. Rehatsek" – a handwritten manuscript by Rehatsek with a paper cover on which Arbuthnot has listed the translations as: "Short anecdotes, stories, and fables picked out and translated from the "Naphat ul Yaman", pp. 1 to 7" "The Merzuban namah, from which animal fables have been translated pp. 7 to 21" Both the manuscript and cover are undated.
Sans titreTranslations from the Persian (and Arabic) by Rehatsek. Handwritten manuscript of 82 pages He has numbered the manuscript 1-21 which is reflected in Arbuthnot's titles on the paper cover - each number identifies a set of 4 pages which compose one sheet of paper. Rehattsek entitles the manuscript "Short anecdotes, stories and fables" and on the second side of sheet 7 he begins "The Merzuban namah". The manuscript is undated.
Sans titreThe Papers of Edward William West reflect his interest in Pahlavi language and Zoroastrianism. The majority are handwritten notebooks and other manuscripts in which he did his work. These often have many inserts. There are also loose handwritten notes, some correspondence and some printed material.
Sans titreThe manuscripts compiled by Edward William West. Many of these were listed by de Menasce. West was interested in many topics which are reflected in these manuscripts.
Sans titreDescription: Green, blue and brown patterned hardcover notebook with blue pages, handwritten in ink, inserts held in place with string a, detailed table of contents with page numbers. Identified as West 5 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents:
- Persian Texts from Munich and Oxford including Dadar I Dadduxt
- "Contractions common in Persian MSS."
- Chods-Viraf namah from H28
- The five kinds of marriage and Ahriman's advice to aeshan from H5 Rivayat on yatha-ahu-vairyo, 101 names of god, the will of God and the devil, degrees of sin & good, the tomb of Chosherevan, meaning of some Z. prayers from L8
- Description of the 21 hasks, printed from P13
- Verse introduction and post-script to Sad-Dar Mazam, printed by Hyde
- Vocabulary of Pahlavi & Pazand words from O121 & O225
- Anushrvron's ascension to the throne, Sayings & doing of Anoshirevan, beginning of the tomb of Anoshirevan, from O225
- Indir namah from O30
- Parsi cosmogong, Definition of Sins, from O40
- Saugond namah, Rivayat on miscellaneous subjects from Lb8894
Inserts:
- "Risalah-i Mimi-khirad-i digar"
- "Fragments relatifs à la religion de Zoroaste, extraits de MSS. Persans de la Bibl. du Roi par Olhausen et Jules Mohl." [Trans. Fragments relating to Zoroastrianism, extracts from Persian MSS. from the Kings Library by Olshausen and Julius Mohl]
- Short note on King Dadar bin Dad-dukht on the supremacy of Persian science in relation to Greek ways of knowing
Description: Black and brown hardcover bound notebook with white pages. Handwritten in ink with detailed table of contents and page numbers. Inserts held in place with string. Identified as West 14 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents:
- Z.-Pahlavi. Citak i Avistak i Gasan from the old MS, H6
- Z.-Pahl. Khurshed Nyayish from the same
- Pazand Ashervad from H. fragments
- Pazand Ashirvada Irani from H21
- Gujarati in Devanagari, Names of planets and Zodiac signs, from H21
- Contents of Persia Rivayat H10 & in Bombay University Lib.
Inserts:
- "Hekatompylos" by A.D. Mordtmann
- Kitabi Wama'i Islam
- Colloquy between Zaratusht & Auharwazd regarding religion
Description: Black and brown hardcover bound notebook with white pages. Handwritten in ink with detailed table of contents and page numbers. Inserts held in place with string. Identified as West 15 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents:
- Continuation of contents of Rivayat MS. N. 29 (B29a) of Bombay University Library (continued from vol. 14. p. 241)
- On p.23: Az kitah-I Sadidar Nasan - Dan chihal u panjum in-kih [as in vol. 12 (West 12 or EWW/1/12), p.50, 51, see pencilled collation there]
Inserts:
- Copied from Prof. Goldman's letter 14 April 1885, following copies from E2 (modern Khurdah Avesta belonging to Dastur Edalju Darabji Rustamji Sanjana)
- A list of transliterated Sanskrit words with their meanings in English copied from "Wilson's Sanskrit Dictionary"
- "Sasanian Pahlavi Matrixes and Type"
Description: Matte black hardcover notebook with white pages, handwritten in ink, inserts held in place with string, page numbers. Identified as West 16 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents:
- Selected Contents of Haug's Persian Rivayat, H10, continued from Vol. 14, p. 161
Inserts:
- Scrap papers with calculations and numbers that serve an index
Description: Black hard cover notebook, unruled, with white pages, handwritten in ink. Inserts held by string. Identified as West 17 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents:
- Shkand gumanik vicar "from Dastur Hoshangji's Pazand Sanksrit MS. Collated with JJ. and J.135.
*" Description of MS. Shikand Gumani and "JJ MS. of Shikand-gumanik Vijai."
Inserts:
- Scrap papers with differences on JJ and JE
- notes on omissions in West's copying
- notes for collation
- scrap papers serving indexical purpose
- list of "Not glossarized after Chap. V"
- list of "Not glossarized after Chap. XI, 145"