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Delhi Persian 1233
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- Delhi Persian 1233
- Title:
- Sab‘ sayyarah of Zulali, defective, 4 items (a-d)
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 14 ff.
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- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1644
- End Date:
- 1644
- Date Range:
- 1644
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
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- CE
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- Names:
- Iḥsān
Zulālī K̲h̲vānsārī, d 1615,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000044336738,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/58765264
Zulālī K̲h̲vānsārī, d 1615,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000044336738,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/58765264 - Subjects:
- Persian poetry--1500-1796
Sufi poetry, Persian - TEI:
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India Office Library
Delhi Persian 1233
Sab‘ sayyarah of Zulali, defective, 4 items (a-d)
Contents
Summary of Contents: Fragmentary collection of mas̲navīs selecting from the collection of mystical compositions entitled Sabʿ sayyārah by Zulālī Khvānsārī. Lengthy lacunae after the opening folio. Volume not dated; item d dated (22 Muḥarram 1054/31 March 1644). Calligraphic nastaʿlīq-i khafī; verses laid out in four columns in gilt rulings. Stamped foliation. Lacking original binding. Binding damaged (combed marble paper with brown leather edging over delaminating and crumbling pasteboards), labels. Folios unbound; wormholes, minor moisture and fungal stains; folio extensions. Condition fragile.Language(s): Persian, Arabic
1. f. 1vLanguage(s): PersianDelhi Persian 1233(a), f. 1v.
Fragment of the prose preface to the Qadḥ'nāmah, mystical mas̲navī on the legendary Persian King Jamshīd’s discovery of wine, alternatively known as the May'khānah, one of seven poems collectively entitled Sabʿ sayyārahby Zulālī Khvānsārī (d. 1024/1615), the poet frequently eulogising the Safavid ruler, Shāh ʿAbbās I (d. 1038/1629), and his associate and possibly patron, the theologian, Mīr Bāqir Dāmād Astarābādī (d. 1041/1631).
Defective, having lost the end of the preface and the main mas̲navī consists of forty brief sections termed qadḥ.
Not dated at end.
2. ff. 2r-7vDelhi Persian 1233(b), ff. 2r-7v.
Mystical mas̲navī themed on interpretations of the basmalah, one of seven poems collectively entitled Sabʿ sayyārahby Zulālī Khvānsārī (d. 1024/1615), the poet frequently eulogising the Safavid ruler, Shāh ʿAbbās I (d. 1038/1629), and his associate and possibly patron, the theologian, Mīr Bāqir Dāmād Astarābādī (d. 1041/1631).
The composition is prefixed by a brief prose preface.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicTitle: Ḥusn-i gulū'sūzTitle: حسن گلوسوز3. ff. 7v-11vDelhi Persian 1233(c), ff. 7v-11v.
Mystical mas̲navī on the trials of love through the allegory of the salamander and fire, one of seven poems collectively entitled Sabʿ sayyārahby Zulālī Khvānsārī (d. 1024/1615), the poet frequently eulogising the Safavid ruler, Shāh ʿAbbās I (d. 1038/1629), and his associate and possibly patron, the theologian, Mīr Bāqir Dāmād Astarābādī (d. 1041/1631).
The composition is prefixed by a brief prose preface.
Not dated at end.
Language(s): PersianTitle: Āz̲ar samandarTitle: آذر سمندر4. ff. 11v-14rDelhi Persian 1233(d), ff. 11v-14r.
Mystical mas̲navī on the romance of the Prophet Sulaymān (Solomon) and Bilqīs (Queen of Sheba) in the heroic mutaqārib metre, one of seven poems collectively entitled Sabʿ sayyārahby Zulālī Khvānsārī (d. 1024/1615), the poet frequently eulogising the Safavid ruler, Shāh ʿAbbās I (d. 1038/1629), and his associate and possibly patron, the theologian, Mīr Bāqir Dāmād Astarābādī (d. 1041/1631).
The composition is prefixed by a brief prose preface.
Dated colophon (f. 14r): completed 22 Muḥarram 1054/31 March 1644.
Followed by miscellaneous annotations and Urdu verses ascribed to the poet Iḥsān.
Language(s): Persian, UrduTitle: Sulaymān'nāmahTitle: سليمان نامهPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 14 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 255 × 137 mm.Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1644-03-31 22_Muharram_1054 AH; 31 March 1644 CE ; India or IranProvenance and Acquisition
Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit India Office Library, 1876
1876
Government of India
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