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Or 1374

Record Id:

032-003393456

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003393456

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100054918383.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100176887303.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 1374

Title:

Dīvān-i Navā’ī / ديوان نوائي

Scope & Content:

The Divan of Nava'i without preface.

The first five ghazals, out of twenty-two rhyming in alif, are the same as in Or. 401 and are in the same order. The rest of the volume shows a considerable degree of agreement with the same copy, from which it chiefly differs by frequent omissions.

Contents:

(ff. 1-156r) Ghazals

(ff. 157v-160v) Terkibler

(ff. 160r-168v) Ruba'iler

(ff. 168r-170v) Riddles on objects

(ff. 170r-174v) Riddles on proper names

(ff. 174r-176v) Quatrains called tüyüqler

(ff. 176r-188) Terciatler and Qıtalar

On f. 190 is a Persian note by a modern hand stating that some judges of writing were of the opinion that the manuscript was by the pen of Mir Ali Katib, while others ascribed it to Shah Mahmud, the best pupil of Mir Imad.

The first page has a highly finished circular ornament, which probably enclosed the name of the princely owner of the manuscript, but any writing has now been obliterated as well as a seal above it, another beneath and a note at the bottom of the page.

In an English notice by Sir Charles A. Murray, dated Tehran, Oct. 1858, and appended to the end of the manuscript, it is stated that the lower of the two seals mentioned above is that of Mirza Mehdi Khan, secretary to Nadir Shah.

The painting on the right hand cover represents a youthful king seated at a throne with his attendants.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003393456

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Hierarchy:

032-003393456

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

Codex, ff. 189

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Languages:

Chagatai
English
Persian

Scripts:

Arabic
English

Start Date:

1500

End Date:

1550

Date Range:

16th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials : Gold-sprinkled paper

Dimensions : 240 x 160 mm; text panels 155 x 95 mm

Foliation : ff. 189

Pricking and Ruling: Black ink with titles in blue or gold. Text boxes ruled in gold, with heavily illuminated unvans at the start of the manuscript

Script : Nastaliq

Binding : Iranian; lacquered and illustrated

Custodial History:

Ownership seal on f. 1v

Source of Acquisition:

Bequested by Sir. Charles A. Murray on 12 June 1875.

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