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RSPA 213

Record Id:
032-003471923
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003471923
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
RSPA 213
Title:
1 copy of Zarātusht nāmah by Kay Kāʼus ibn Kay Khusraw ibn Dārā
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Ashburner Collection
India Office Library
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
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032-003471923
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Hierarchy:
032-003471923
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
ff. i+55
Digitised Content:
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=RSPA_213 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1700-1799
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Kay Kā'ūs bin Kay Khusraw bin Dārā of Rayy
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India Office Library

Ashburner Collection

Royal Society Arabic and Persian

RSPA 213

Contents

1 copy of Zarātusht nāmah by Kay Kāʼus ibn Kay Khusraw ibn Dārā

Language(s): Persian

ff. 1r-53r
Author: Kay Kāʼus ibn Kay Khusraw ibn Dārā کی کاوس ابن كی خسرو ابن دارا
Title: Zarātusht nāmah
Title: زراتشت نامه
Incipit: سخن را بنام خدای جهان * بآغاز در آشکار ء نهان
Explicit: دعا و ثناها بگفتم بسی * کزینگونه نظمی نگوید کسی

A poetical account of the life of Zoroaster by Kay Kāʼus ibn Kay Khusraw ibn Dārā, composed in Rayy (Iran) in the 13th century and subsequently copied by Zartusht ibn Bahrām ibn Pazhdū (who is often thought to be the author) in 1278 in Bizhanabad, Iran.

Colophon:

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: ff. i+55
Dimensions (leaf): 225 × 180 mm.
Foliation:

Pencilled foliation

Layout

Columns:2

13 lines per page

Hand(s)

Nastaʻlīq

Additions:

Headings in red;

Catchwords

Binding

Leather European-style Indian binding with gilt borders and central panel containing gilt stamped medallion

History

Origin: 1700-1799 India

Provenance and Acquisition

RSPA 119-265 were presented to the Royal Society in 1864 and 1865 by Burjorjee Sorabjee Ashburner; bookplate: "Presented to the Royal Society / by Mr. Burjorjee Sorabjee Ashburner / May 1864"

The Royal Society's collection of 280 Persian and Arabic, and 86 Sanskrit manuscripts were transferred to the India Office Library in 1876.

1876

India Office Library

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=RSPA_213 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    Denison Ross, E. and E. G. Browne, Catalogue of two collections of Persian and Arabic manuscripts preserved in the India Office Library (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1902), p. 127 no. CCXIII

Funding of Cataloguing

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