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Or 11967

Record Id:
032-003309262
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003309262
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11967
Title:

Dasātīr-i āsmānī by Azar Kayvan and other Azar Kayvani treatises

Scope & Content:

Contents:

  • (1) Dasātīr-i āsmānī (دساتیر آسمانی), by the philosopher priest Aẕar Kayvān (1533-1618), a collection of invocations to 16 pre-Islamic prophets, including Zoroaster, which were composed in a unique celestial language (overlined in red) accompanied by a Persian translation and comments (ff. 1v-51v); 

  • (2) A collection of hymns to the sun, Gushtasp and other works in Persian, Avestan, and a mixture of other languages, all in Persian script (ff. 52r-58v);

  • (3) Mukāshafāt-i Āzar Kayvān (مکاشفات آذر کیوان) "Revelations of Azar Kayvan" in Persian in mixed prose and verse (ff. 59v-71r); followed (ff. 71v-72v) by an unfinished treatise: Zawrah-i bāstānī-i vakhshūr shit Zardusht (زورهٔ باستانی وخشور شت زردشت).

Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Or 11967, ff 59v-72v : Mukāshafāt-i Āzar Kayvān مکاشفات آذر کیوان

 

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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+72+ii

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Languages:
Avestan
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1660
End Date:
1720
Date Range:
Late 17th or early 18th century
Era:
CE
Place of Origin:
India
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User Conditions:
Physical Characteristics:

Material: Paper

Dimensions: 239 x 160 mm leaf

Foliation: Foliation in pencil

Ruling: 23 lines per page

Script: Nastaʻlīq;

Ink: Black, with passages overland in red

Binding: Leather European binding

Condition: Good.

Marginalia: Catchwords

Seals: rectangular seal of former owners: Muḥammad Karīm ʻabduh (f. 72v); octagonal seal: Illāhvirdī, dated 1137/1725-6? (f. 18r)

Custodial History:

Illāhvirdī, his seal possibly dated 1725; Muḥammad Karīm, his undated seal

Source of Acquisition:
Purchased from E. Goldston & Sons, 14 February 1850
Finding Aids:

Meredith-Owens, G.M., Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966 (London, 1968), p. 36

Exhibitions:
The Everlasting Flame: Zoroastrianism in History and Imagination, National Museum, New Delhi, 19 March 2016 - 29 May 2016
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)