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IO Islamic 2777
- Record Id:
- 032-003460377
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003460377
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100085337365.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100170848959.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 2777
- Title:
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Three Parsi masnavis
- Scope & Content:
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A volume containing three masnavis copied probably in the 18thor early 19th century by Kayqubād son of Rustam
Contents:
- (1) Amshāsfand’nāmah (امشاسفند نامه) , a poetical version of an older prose-treatise which describes the functions and duties of the thirty-one Amesha spantas (ff. 1r-45v); preceded (f. iiv) by unidentified verses;
- (2) Rustam va Isfandiyār (رستم و اسفندیار), the story of Rustam and Isfandiyar (ff. 45v-110v);
- (3) Ḥikāyat-i Shāh Niẓām (حکایت شاه نظام), an account of the killing of several Dastūrs by order of Shāh Niẓām in the year 724 of the Yazdigird era (1355 CE) (ff. 110v-124r); followed (f. 124) by unidentified verses.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
Leyden Collection - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003460377
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- IO Islamic 2777, ff 1r-45v : Amshāsfand’nāmahامشاسفند نامه
IO Islamic 2777, ff 45v-110v : Rustam va Isfandiyārرستم و اسفندیار
IO Islamic 2777, ff 110v-124r : Ḥikāyat-i Shāh Niẓāmحکایت شاه نظام
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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Codex; ff. ii+127 (ff. 125-7 blank)
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100170848959.0x000001
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- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- AH
- Place of Origin:
- India
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper; European with unreadable watermark
Dimensions: 212 x 163 mm leaf
Foliation: Foliation in pencil
Ruling: 2 columns; 12 lines per page
Script: Nastaʻlīq; copied by Kayqubād son of Rustam
Ink: Black, with rubricated headings
Binding: Worn leather plain contemporary Indian hybrid binding
Condition: Damaged binding, boards attached but fragile; broken sewing so some loose sections.
Marginalia: Catchwords
- Custodial History:
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''Bibliotheca Leydeniana.'' Purchased 1824.06.25 from the estate of John Leyden (1775-1811)
- Source of Acquisition:
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East India Company Library
- Finding Aids:
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Ethé, Hermann, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 2 vols. (vol. 2. revised and completed by Edward Edwards) (Oxford, 1903-37), no. 2823
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)