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Or 12857
- Record Id:
- 032-002793792
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002793792
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023493163.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 12857
- Title:
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‘Abd al-Karīm al-Qādirī Jawnpūrī, Javāhir al-mūsīqāt-i Muḥammadī
- Scope & Content:
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A musical treatise by Shaykh ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Shaykh Farīd Anṣārī al-Qādirī al-Jawnpūrī dedicated to Muhammad ‘Adil Shah (r.1626-56), being a refurbishment and expansion in Persian of an earlier (c. 1570) illustrated manuscript, a translation into Dakhini of the Sanskrit musical treatise Saṅgītaratnākara, by the 13th century author Śārṅgadeva. Contains 48 Deccani miniatures dating from around 1570
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002793792
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002793792
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 214 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12857 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Persian
Urdu - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1626
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions [leaf]: 169 x 130 mm
Miniature: 48 miniatures
Format: Codex.
Material: Chart.
- Publications:
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G. M. Meredith-Owens, Handlist of Persian Manuscripts [Acquired by the British Museum] 1895-1966. London, 1968, p. 33
Norah M. Titley, Miniatures from Persian Manuscripts) a Catalogue and Subject Index of Paintings from Persia, India and Turkey in the British Library and the British Museum. London, 1977, pp. 1-2.
K. Butler Schofield, “Indian Music in the Persian Collections: the Javāhir al-Mūsīqāt-i Muḥammadī (Or.12857)”, parts 1 and 2, in [British Library] Asian and African studies blog, October 2014 (http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/asian-and-african/)
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)