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IO Islamic 137
- Record Id:
- 032-002800043
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002800043
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023513800.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 137
- Title:
- Sharaf al-Dīn Yazdī, Ẓafarnāmah
- Scope & Content:
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The Ẓafarnāmah, also called the Tārīkh-i jahāngushāʼī-yi Taymūr, a biography of Timur by Sharaf al-Dīn Yazdī completed ca. 1424. Illustrated with 30 miniatures, 16th century Shiraz style. Includes a detailed list of contents (ff. vi verso - vii verso). Colophon dated 5 Ramazan 939 (31 March 1533, f. 474r).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002800043", "parent" : "#", "text" : "IO Islamic 137: Sharaf al-Dīn Yazdī, Ẓafarnāmah" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002800043
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002800043
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 474 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IO_Islamic_137 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1533
- End Date:
- 1533
- Date Range:
- 1533
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper
Dimensions: 305 x 190 mm leaf
Script: Nastaʻliq, 19 lines per page; copied by Murshid al-Kātib al-Shīrāzī
Decoration: 30 miniatures, 16th century Shiraz style
Binding: Modern European red half-morocco
Seals: scrubbed out seal (f. 1r)
- Custodial History:
- Transferred to Muḥammad Aḥfiz̤ Khān, a librarian of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, 28 Shavval RY 6 (f. vi recto)
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired by the East India Company Library
- Finding Aids:
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Hermann Ethé, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office. 2 vols. Oxford, 1903-37, no. 175
B. W. Robinson, Persian Paintings in the India Office Library: A Descriptive Catalogue. London, 1976, nos. 236-65, pp. 79-89
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)