Ardā vīrāf nāmah, by Zartusht Bahrām اردا ویراف نامه
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A poetical version by Zartusht Bahrām Pazhdū of the book of Ardā Vīrāf, based on a Pahlavi original of the 9th/10th century, which describes his journey through heaven and hell and his return home afterwards. This copy has been transcribed in both Persian and Avestan scripts, reflecting a tradi...
A copy of the Khordah Avesta (‘little Avesta’), described as Kitāb zand avastā, a collection of prayers in Avestan, lacking the first folio. A Persian colophon (f. 67r) gives the date as Aneran (30th day), Ardibihisht (2nd month,) 1042 AY (1673), and the scribe’s name as Herbad Hormazyar Faramu...
The Ṣad dar (صد در) attributed to Īrānshāh ibn Malikshāh. A popular version of the 100 Zoroastrian rules composed in Persian verse in Kerman in 1494 (14 Muharram 900 AH) at the request of Shahriyār ibn Ardashīr ibn Bahrāmshāh. Copied in Surat for the English Agent (modī Angrezī) Kanūrjī Nāhānah...
The Ṣad dar (صد در), here called Ṣad dar naẓm, attributed to Īrānshāh ibn Malikshāh, a popular version of the 100 Zoroastrian rules composed in Persian verse in Kerman in 1494 (14 Muharram 900 AH) at the request of Shahriyār ibn Ardashīr ibn Bahrāmshāh. Copy dated 20 Muharram 1050 (12 May 1640)...