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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Language Avestan Subject Rites and Ceremonies

1. EAP1014/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1014/1
Title:
Arbab Mehraban Poulad’s Archive
Scope & Content:
The archival material includes 11 Avestan manuscripts (five Videvdāds, four Yasnās, one Vajyašt Gahanbār with Doruns and one Xorde Avesta), with a total of more than 8000 pages and more than 15,000 of dated historical, economic, and legal documents regarding the religious minority of Zoroastrian...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Avestan, Pahlavi, and Persian
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
4627 TIFF images

2. EAP1014/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1014/1/3
Title:
Yasnā
Scope & Content:
The third manuscript in this collection is a liturgical Yasnā. According to the Persian colophon of the manuscript, the scribe is Dīnyār Dastūr Nōširvān Dastūr Bahrāmšāh Dastūr Nōširvān Dastūr Mehrabān and the manuscript was scribed in 1239 Hijri (AD 1824). The manuscript is not illuminated. In ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
1824
Extent:
320 TIFF images

3. EAP1014/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1014/1/5
Title:
Vajyašt Gahanbār
Scope & Content:
This Vāğ-Yašt Gahanbār manuscript scribed by Goštāsp Mūbed Šahryār Nāmdār Zardošt Nōšīrvān in 1293 AY (AD 1924). Vāğ-Yašt Gahanbār is a religious Zoroastrian ceremony that is performed by the priests six times during the Gahanbār period within a year. The manuscript begins with Vāğ-Yašt Gahanbār...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
146 TIFF images

4. EAP1014/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1014/1/9
Title:
Xorde Avesta
Scope & Content:
The ninth manuscript of Pouladi collection is a Ḫorde Avesta, which is different from the common Ḫorde Avesta used in modern times in religious ceremonies.112 The manuscript includes the following parts: Fravašī Yašt, Yašt-e Gāhān Bon, Ātaš Nīyāyeš Bon, Ābzūr Bon Kardan, Patet Kardan, Dorūn-e Rū...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Avestan
Date Range:
before 1939
Extent:
516 TIFF images

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