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IO Islamic 2718
- Record Id:
- 032-003470594
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003470594
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100091372667.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100146649970.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 2718
- Title:
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Dasātīr-i āsmānī
دساتیر آسمانی
- Scope & Content:
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The Dasātīr-i āsmānī (دساتیر آسمانی) by the philosopher priest Aẕar Kayvān (آذر کیوان) (1533-1618), a collection of invocations to 16 pre-Islamic prophets, including Zoroaster, beginning with Mahabad and concluding with the fifth Sasan who supposedly lived at the time of the Sasanian ruler Khusrau II (590-628 AD). These are composed in a unique 'celestial' language accompanied by a Persian translation and comments.
According to note on f 1r, this copy was acquired in Isfahan in 1180 AH (1766/77) by Mulla Ka’us, father of Mulla Firuz who edited and translated the work (Bombay, 1818), and was presented by Mulla Firuz to Major John Malcolm.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
Leyden Collection - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003470594
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003470594
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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Codex; ff. iv+111+v
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100146649970.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper
Dimensions: 248 x 143 mm leaf
Foliation: India Office foliation in pencil every fifth folio
Ruling: 14 lines per page
Script: Very poor nastaʻliq
Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings in red
Binding: Red leather European style oriental binding; ruled outer and inner frames
Condition: Very worm-eaten
Marginalia: Catchwords
- Custodial History:
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Mulla Firūz ibn Kā’ūs and thence to Sir John Malcolm (1769-1833)
Purchased 1824.06.25 from the estate of John Leyden (1775-1811)
- Source of Acquisition:
- East India Company
- 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. 2826
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)