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Add MS 6940

Record Id:
032-003471602
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032-003471602
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ISAD(G)
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Add MS 6940
Title:

Ardā vīrāf nāmah اردا ویراف نامه

by Zartusht Bahrām

Scope & Content:

The Ardā vīrāf nāmah (اردا ویراف نامه), a poetical version in Persian by Zartusht Bahrām ibn Pazhdū of the book of Ardā Vīrāf, based on a Pahlavi original of the 9th/10th century describing Arda Viraf's journey through heaven and hell and his return home afterwards.

Copied by the Rev. John Haddon Hindley(1765-1827) from a manuscript whose colophon (f. 64r) is dated 22 Shavval 1203 AH (1789) made by Peshotan Jīv, son of Hīrjī ibn Homjī ibn Bahrāmjī ibn Bhāʼījī ibn Shākir ibn Bahrām Chandā called Patvārī of Nawsari. This would appear to be a copy belonging to Samuel Guise (John Rylands Persian 41) which Hindley had himself purchased at sale in 1812.

The text has been copied on the right hand side of the page only with the left remaining blank – except for f. 3 which contains a partial English translation.

Contents:

  • ff. 1r-2r: a description of the Ardā Vīrāf nāmah by Hindley;
  • f. 2v: a second description copied from Samuel Guise’s note in the original manuscript;
  • f. 3r-3v: 19 verses relating to the conquest of Alexander and its consequent destruction of Zoroastrianism;
  • ff. 3v-64v: The usual text of the Ardā vīrāf nāmah.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+64+i

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Languages:
English
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Latin
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1840
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Material: paper water-marked 1814

Dimensions: 330 x 203 mm leaf

Foliation: ii+64+i

Ruling: about 25 lines per page

Script: nastaʻliq; copied by John Haddon Hindley

Ink: black ink

Binding: green European binding

Custodial History:

John Haddon Hindley, his bookplate on inside back binding

Source of Acquisition:

Add MS 6913 to 7057 inclusive consist chiefly of historical transcripts, excerpts and collections made by the Rev. John Haddon Hindley, principally from manuscripts in the British Museum; together with a few Oriental manuscripts; all presented by Mrs M. B.

Finding Aids:

Rieu, Charles, Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: The British Museum, 1879-1883), p. 48

Publications:

Sims-Williams, Ursula, "The strange story of Samuel Guise: an 18th-century collection of Zoroastrian manuscripts", Bulletin of the Asia Institute, 19 (2005 [2009]), pp. 199-209

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)