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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Or 2780 Digitised Content Yes (unavailable) Level [40] File

1. Or 2780, ff 1v-40v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2780, ff 1v-40v
Title:
Garshāsbnāmah by Asadī Ṭūsī, Abū Manṣūr Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 11th cent.
Scope & Content:
The history of Garshāsp, the hero of Sistan (Iran and Afghanistan), written in imitations of the Shāhnāmah ( شاهنامه ) of Firdawsī Decorations: Miniature: Folio 14v: Garshāsp visiting the Brahmans on the mountain of Sarandib. Miniature: Folio 18r: Garshāsp looking at demons on the Island of Kad...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
Ṣafar 800
Extent:
1 text

2. Or 2780, ff 41v-132v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2780, ff 41v-132v
Title:
Shāhanshāhnāmah by Aḥmad Tabrīzī
Scope & Content:
A rhymed history of Chinggis Khān, 1162-1227 and his successors down to 738 The copy is dated 14th Rajab 800 Decorations: Miniature: Folio 44v: The Mongols leaving the valley of Irgene Kun where they had taken refuge for 400 years from the Tatars. Miniature: Folio 49v: Chinggis Khān, 1162-1227...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
Ṣafar 800
Extent:
1 text

3. Or 2780, ff 134v-187v

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Or 2780, ff 134v-187v
Title:
Bahmannāmah
Scope & Content:
The poem is ascribed in the endorsement to Ḥakīm Āz̲arī, but this is apparently a confusion with a later work of the same title. This work is also attributed to Īrānshāh ibn Abī al-Khayr. A poem treating the wars of Bahman with the heroes of Sīstān, and especially with Āz̲arbarzīn, son of ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
Ṣafar 800
Extent:
1 text

4. Or 2780, ff 188v-243v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2780, ff 188v-243v
Title:
Kūshnāmah
Scope & Content:
The author is the same than that of the Bahmannāmah in this manuscript Decorations: Miniature: Folio 202v: Ṭayhūr riding in procession through the streets of Hamdān (?Samdān in the Yemen). Miniature: Folio 213v: A warrior on Mt. Damavand.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
Ṣafar 800
Extent:
1 text

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