The article is a review of manuscripts to one of Khodju Kirmani`s poems “Humay and Humayun” included into his “Pentateuch”. It is underscored that according to the existing catalogues of Oriental manuscripts twenty of the latters and four lithographic editions of the poem by Khodju Kirmani are kept in world libraries; the poem in question being very popular with the reading audience. Forty copies of the poem are presented and described; materials of catalogues and collections of Oriental manuscripts being involved. It is marked that the majority of copies are performed by hand being of high textological value. It is mentioned that some copies are presented in the article for the first time; merits and drawbacks of some of them are properly assessed.
Khodju Kirmani, “Humay and Humayun”, manuscript copies, lithographic edition, textology
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