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Or 11325
- Record Id:
- 032-003283442
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003283442
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035587779.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 11325
- Title:
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[Three masnavi by Farīd al-Dīn ᶜaṭṭār]
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains the following three masnavis by Farīd al-Dīn ᶜaṭṭār :
(I) ff 1v-70v : Manṭiq al-ṭayr (منطق الطير);
(II) ff 70v-137v : Asrār-nāmah (اسرارنامه);
(III) ff 1v-79v in margins : Jawhar al-ẕāt (جوهر الذات).
The text contains following four illustrations:
f 35r : (‘Manṭiq al-ṭayr') Shaykh San‘an visiting the Greek Christian maiden with whom he was infatuated ;
f 49r : The old man for whom Sultan Mahmud collected sticks and who was stricken when he discovered the identity of Mahmud ;
f 120v : ('Asrār-nāmah') The ‘darvish’ who died for love of a prince ;
f 128r : The jealous king who, in a drunken state, discovered his son with a beautiful princess.
The text also contains two unvans and a gilded medallion (f 1r) with the names of the sections in red and green ink.
According to the colophon, which was written in Uyghur script, this manuscript was copied by Niẓām al-Dīn al-Ḥasanī in Diluman (Gilan) for Sultan Shāhrūkh, son of Amīr Kīn (?) al-Ḥusaynī, in 862 AH (1457-58 CE).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003283442
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003283442
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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3 texts, 137 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Chagatai
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic (nastaliq Variant)
Uighur - Styles:
- Ottoman style
- Start Date:
- 1457
- End Date:
- 1458
- Date Range:
- 862
- Calendar:
- Hijri qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper
Medium: opaque watercolour
Foliation : European, 137 ff
Dimensions : 260 mm x 147 mm
Ruling : Gold-ruled margins
Script : Nastaliq
Ink : Main text in black ink with section headings in red and green ink in alternation in medallion (f 1r)
- Finding Aids:
- Titley, N.M., Miniatures from Persian manuscripts in the British Library and British Museum (London: British Museum Publications, 1977), p. 90; and Handlist, no. 72
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- ʿAṭṭár, Farīd al-Dīn, d 1230
- Subjects:
- literary illustrations
poetic narratives - Places:
- Gilan, Gīlān, Iran
- Related Material:
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For more information on this work, see BMQ, VI:3 (September 1931), p. 78.