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IO Islamic 3442
- Record Id:
- 032-002559807
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002559807
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023431426.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 3442
- Title:
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Shāhanshāhanāmah by Ṣabā, Fatḥ ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, d. 1822 or 3
شاهنشاهنامه
- Scope & Content:
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Shāhinshāhnāmah
Decorations:
- Miniature: Folio 28r: Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh''s defeat of Ṣādiq Khān Shiqāqī. Dimensions unknown: 21x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 32r: Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh seated on the Peacock Throne, two princess to his left, ministers on his right and before him presenting bags of money on trays. Dimensions unknown: 21x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 37r: Defeat of Rustam Khān Zand by Ḥusayn Khān outside the walls of a city. Dimensions unknown: 27x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 44v: Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh''s defeat of Ja''far Qulī Khān and Muḥammad Qulī Khān. Dimensions unknown: 21.5x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 56r: Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh, between two armies, receives the homage of Navvāb Ḥusayn Qulī Khān, who has dismounted and kisses his foot. Dimensions unknown: 21x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 64v: Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh, enthroned in a garden on the Takht-i Nādirī, with two princes in attendance, receiving presents from Mīrzā Riz̤ā Qulī Munshī al-Mamālik. Dimensions unknown: 21.5x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 78v: Fatḥ ''Alī Khān Qājār at the head of his victorious troops carrying Afghan heads, and respectfully greeted by the people of Isfahan in the distance. Dimensions unknown: 22x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 88r: Muḥammad Ḥasan Shāh, in battle with Bihbud Khān, an officer of Nādir Shāh, cuts off his arm. Dimensions unknown: 21.5x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 97v: Defeat of Karīm Khān Zand by Muḥammad Ḥasan Shāh at Astarabad. Dimensions unknown: 21.5x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 102r: Muḥammad Khān killed in battle by the hand of Muḥammad Ḥasan Shāh. Dimensions unknown: 21x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 110r: Kalab Qājār kills Qaytas in battle. Dimensions unknown: 21.5x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 111r: Maḥmud Qājār about to cut the throat of Parvīz Zand: horsemen on either side. Dimensions unknown: 21x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 112r: Faghān ''Alī Qājār shoots Dārāb Zand after the latter has killed his horse. Muḥammad Ḥasan Shāh at the head of the Qājār troops. Dimensions unknown: 21x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 113r: Battle between Ārāz the Turkman and Shāhmār Zand: the former drags the latter along, caught by his lasso. Dimensions unknown: 21x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 114a: Battle between Jahāngīr Māzandarānī and Pardād Zand. Dimensions unknown: 21.5x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 115v: Battle between Bayram ''Alī Khān Qājār and Parvīz Zand, and the death of the latter. Dimensions unknown: 21.5x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 116v: Qubād Zand about to be stabbed by Shīrzād Māzandarānī: battling horsemen in the background. Dimensions unknown: 21.5x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 130v: Ḥasan Khān Qājār taken prisoner and his hands bound behind him by Navvāb Ḥusayn Qulī Khān. Dimensions unknown: 21x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 145v: Maḥmūd killed in his castle by Navvāb Ḥusayn Qulī Khān. Dimensions unknown: 21x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 150v: Navvāb Ḥusayn Qulī Khān defeats the army of the nobles of Gurgān. Dimensions unknown: 21x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 153v: Encounter between the troops of Navvāb Ḥusayn Qulī Khān and Muḥammad Khān. Dimensions unknown: 21x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 156v: Navvāb Ḥusayn Khulī Khān capturing Mahdī Khān in his castle. Dimensions unknown: 18x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 201r: Defeat of Pīr Āzād Khān, an officer of Ja''far Khān Zand, by Muḥammad Shāh (Aghā Muḥammad, the eunuch). Dimensions unknown: 20.5x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 212v: Battle between Ja''far Qulī Khān and Mīr Muḥammad Khān Ṭabasī. Dimensions unknown: 21x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 218v: Defeat of Luṭf ''Alī Khān Zand by (Aghā) Muḥammad Shāh; the city of Shiraz in the background. Dimensions unknown: 21.5x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 235r: Capture and sack of Kerman by (Aghā) Muḥammad Shāh and his troops. Dimensions unknown: 20x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 239r: Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh, riding at the head of his troops, receiving the submission of the people of Zabulistān. Dimensions unknown: 21x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 245r: Capture of Tiflis and defeat of the Russians by Aghā Muḥammad Shāh. Dimensions unknown: 21x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 263r: Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh seated on the Peacock Throne, with the lady Ṭūṭī before him. Foreground unfinished. (This is an inserted page and bears no text: the verso is gilded.) Dimensions unknown: 21.5x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 280r: Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh and five of the princes playing polo. A different and inferior artist. (Verso gilded). Dimensions unknown: 21x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 317v: Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh seated on the Peacock Throne attended by two ladies. (No text: recto gilt.) Dimensions unknown: 22x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 339r: Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh seated on the Peacock Throne attended by a prince (''Abbās Mīrzā?) and two ghulāms with his shield and mace, giving audience to two ministers. (Verso gilt.) Dimensions unknown: 21.5x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 343r: Victory of Prince ''Abbās Mīrzā over the Russian Ashanjdār and his troops. Dimensions unknown: 21x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 353r: Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh in battle killing the Russian general Ashanjdār. Dimensions unknown: 23.5x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 382r: Defeat of the Russian general Bawalkunik by ''Abbas Mīrzā. Dimensions unknown: 21x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 387v: ''Abbās Mīrzā about to slay the Russian general Gazhadand, whom he has already wounded, and seizes by the ear: the Russian army in flight. Dimensions unknown: 21.5x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 389v: ''Abbās Mīrzā charging the Russian under Bawalkunik. Dimensions unknown: 21x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 396v: ''Abbās Mīrzā in battle cleaves the Russian general Karawich. Dimensions unknown: 16x17cm.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002559807
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002559807
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 451folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IO_Islamic_3442 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1810
- End Date:
- 1810
- Date Range:
- 1st of Rajab, 1225
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- AH
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions leaf: 40 x25.1cm
Illustration: 4 illuminationsfolio 1v folio 2r folio 10v folio 11r
Miniature: 38 miniatures
Script: Excellent nastaʿlīq
Format: Codex.
Material: Chart.
- Administrative Context:
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Origin: Iran, 1st of Rajab, 1225 Hijri qamari (1810-1810)
- Finding Aids:
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For a more detailed catalogue entry see:
Ethé, Hermann, and Edward Edwards. Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office. Oxford: The India Office, 1903: no.901
- Exhibitions:
- Epic Iran, V&A, London, 29 May 2021 - 12 September 2021
Splendeur et Magnificence des Arts Qajars, Musee du Louvre-Lens, Lens, 21 March 2018 - 16 July 2018 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)