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IO Islamic 4611

Record Id:
032-004342052
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4611
Title:
1 copy of Bāznāmah by Muḥammad Jaʻfar b. Mīr Suhrāb Khān Tālpar
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
198 ff
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1700-1799
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
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Names:
Muḥammad Jaʻfar b. Mīr Suhrāb Khān Tālpar
Subjects:
Birds
Falconry Early works to 1800
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India Office Library

IO Islamic 4611

Contents

1 copy of Bāznāmah by Muḥammad Jaʻfar b. Mīr Suhrāb Khān Tālpar

Author: Muḥammad Jaʻfar b. Mīr Suhrāb Khān Tālpar محمد جعفر ین میر سهراب خان تالپر
Title: Bāznāmah
Title: بازنامه
Incipit: سرنگین نوائی که عندلیبان گلزار معانی بلحن دلربا سرایند . . . حمد بیحد در گاه ایزدی است الخ

A comprehensive treatise on falconry, including both hunting and the care of the birds, in eighteen chapters

In fol. 36 the first part of the author's name has been deliberately expunged in the manuscript

Language(s): Persian

References

For a more detailed description see Arberry 1939, pages 378.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 198 ff
Dimensions (leaf): 10
Dimensions (written): 3.7

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 13

Hand(s)

Ordinary Indian nastaʻlīq

Decoration

Water-stained

Gaudy margins in red and yellow

Additions:

Poor paper

History

Origin: 18th century CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on A. J. Arberry: Hand-List of Islamic Manuscripts acquired by the India Office Library, 1936–8. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (New Series) (1939), 71: pp 353-396

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