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IO Islamic 4811

Record Id:
032-003317709
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Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4811
Title:

Kabūtar nāmah by Sayyid Muḥammad Mūsavī Vālih

Scope & Content:

A work on pigeons arranged here as two separate works, both titled Kabūtar nāmah, by Sayyid Muḥammad Mūsavī Vālih who was born in Khurasan and migrated to Hayderabad and then Arcot where he died in 1184/1770. According to the author’s statement (f.14v), the work was written in elegant ‘kalām’ for Miyān Khūban to explain the different kinds of pigeons, a description of the colours and characteristics of each of them, and pigeon flying. This copy resembles though is not identical to those quoted by Storey (vol 2, pp.410-411).

Copy dated 24 Sha‘ban 1202 (30 May 1788).

Contains 13 miniature paintings in addition to illustrated panels depicting pigeons.

Contents include:

a) f1vr-13v: poem of 163 couplets about different types of pigeons written for Miyān Khūban

b) ff14r-22v: Detailed prose work on management and breeding and different types of fancy pigeons

Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:

22 folios

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Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1788
End Date:
1788
Date Range:
1788
Calendar:
Hijri qamari
Era:
AH
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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions [leaf]: 260 x 150 mm

Script: Nastaʻlīq

Ink: Black ink, with red headings

Decoration: Illuminated title page (f. 2r); ruled margins in gold and red

Format: Codex.

Material: Chart.

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased Sotheby's sale, 10 April 1989, lot 254

Administrative Context:

Origin: India, 24 Sha‘ban 1202 (30 May 1788)

Finding Aids:

Storey, C.A. Persian Literature. A bio-bibliographical survey (London, 1927): vol 2, pp. 410-411

Ursula Sims-Williams. "Pigeon keeping: a popular Mughal pastime" (http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/asian-and-african/2013/02/pigeon-keeping-a-popular-mughal-pastime.html)

Publications:
Sims-Williams, U. "Pigeon keeping: a popular Mughal pastime" http://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2013/02/pigeon-keeping-a-popular-mughal-pastime.html
Exhibitions:
Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire, British Library, 9 November 2012 - 2 April 2013
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)