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Add MS 27261

Record Id:

032-002559773

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002559773

MDARK:

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Add MS 27261

Title:

Khamsah-'i Niẓāmī by Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3

خمسۀ نظامى

and 22 other texts

Scope & Content:

A miscellany written for Jalāl al-Dīn Iskandar ibn ʻUmar Shaykh

Decorations:

Miniature: Folio 6r: The ascent of the Prophet over the Ka'bah guided by Jibrā'īl and escorted by angels.
Miniature: Folio 38r: Shīrīn looking at Khusraw's portrait watched by Shāpūr.
Miniature: Folio 47v: Khusraw and Shīrīn in a garden.
Miniature: Folio 61r: Farhād carrying Shīrīn and her horse across the stream. His sculptures of Khusraw and Shīrīn are shown.
Miniature: Folio 81v: Khusraw and Shīrīn in bed together.
Miniature: Folio 109r: Battle of the tribes watched by Majnūn.
Miniature: Folio 118r: Majnūn in the desert with the animals.
Miniature: Folio 131v: Majnūn and Laylá fainting at their meeting.
Miniature: Folio 148r: Bahrām Gūr killing the dragon.
Miniature: Folio 159v: The fairy queen handing the traveller a cup of wine after he was discovered in her garden (story told to Bahrām Gūr by the Indian Princess in the Black Pavilion).
Miniature: Folio 160v: Bahrām Gūr entertained in the Black Pavilion by the Indian Princess.
Miniature: Folio 225v: Nūshābah recognising Iskandar by his portrait.
Miniature: Folio 230r: Iskandar visiting the sage at night
Miniature: Folio 286r: Iskandar watching the sirens bathing.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

546 folios

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Languages:

Persian

Scripts:

Arabic

Start Date:

1410

End Date:

1411

Date Range:

From Jumāda I, 813 to Jumāda II, 814

Calendar:

Hijri qamari

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions [leaf]: 18.4x12.7

Unwan: Ornamented ʿunwāns

Other: Gilt headings

Border: Illuminated borders

Miniature: Contains one double-page, 40 single miniatures and marginal paintings. Shiraz/Timurid style

Illustration: Some coloured drawings

Script: Minute naskh Muḥammad al-Ḥalvāʼī al-Jalālī al-Iskandarī , محمد حلوائی ال جلالی الاسکندری

Script: Minute nastaʿlīq. Copied in 1410-11 by Muḥammad al-Ḥalvāʼī محمد الحلوائی Nāṣir al-Kātib, ناصر الکاتب

Format: Codex.

Material: Chart.

Administrative Context:

Origin: From Jumāda I, 813 to Jumāda II, 814 Hijri qamari (1410-1411)

Exhibitions:

British Library Treasures, (online), 27 February 2016-
Power and Protection: Islamic Art and the Supernatural, Asmolean Museum, Oxford, 20 October 2016 - 15 January 2017

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Subjects:

Persian poetry