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IO Islamic 4806

Record Id:
032-004342258
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Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4806
Title:
Story of the Prophet Soloman, illustrated
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
26 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1720
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1720-1799
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Muḥammad, Prophet
Sulaymān, King of Israel
Sulaymān, King of Israel
Ḥasan of Baṣrah, 0641?-0729?,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000071448102,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/90045570
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India Office Library

IO Islamic 4806

Story of the Prophet Soloman, illustrated

Contents

1 copy of Qiṣṣah-'i qaz̤ā va qadr

Brief parable on the subject of predestination, told through the characters of the biblical and koranic Prophet Sulaymān and the disobedient sīmurgh or phoenix, in the dāstān tradition

The narrative begins by tracing its origins back to the Prophet Muḥammad though his companions, who related it to Ḥasan Baṣrī, who told Ibn Saʿd. However, the author of the present version is not identified in name

Illuminated headpiece above opening text, comprised of a half-turunj over rectangular frames enclosing the basmalah invocation (f. 1v)

Illustrations on very thin paper in an early-eighteenth-century Kashmiri style with male figures in historicised Persianate costume (ff. 3v, 5v, 6r, 8v-9r, 15r, 18r, 19r, 22r), neatly but simply painted

Marks of ownership and seals erased or cut out

IOL stamp dated 25/11/85

Not dated

Language(s): Persian
Title: Qiṣṣah-'i qaz̤ā va qadr
Title: قصّهٔ قضا و قدر

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 26 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 269 × 163 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1720-1799 18th century CE ; Kashmir ; India

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