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Or 15511

Record Id:
032-004343441
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15511
Title:
Qissah-ʼi Hatim-i Taʼi
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
135 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1858
End Date:
1859
Date Range:
1858-1859
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Names:
Ḥātim al-Ṭāʼī, fl 06th century,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000008167885X,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/95193993
Ḥātim al-Ṭāʼī, fl 06th century,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000008167885X,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/95193993
Mullā ‘Abd al-Sattār ibn Dā Mullā Mīrzā-yi Kitāb-furūsh
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Oriental Manuscripts

Or 15511

Qissah-ʼi Hatim-i Taʼi

Contents

1 copy of Qiṣṣah-ʼi Ḥātim-i Ṭāʼī by Ḥātim al-Ṭāʼī

Author: Ḥātim al-Ṭāʼī حاتم الطائي
Title: Qiṣṣah-ʼi Ḥātim-i Ṭāʼī
Title: قصۀ جاتم طائى

The tales of Ḥātim al-Ṭā’ī, the Arab poet famous for his chivalry and generosity. There are numerous versions of these tales in Persian and other languages.

Other contents: f. 134v, an inscription; 135v, a medicinal (?) recipe, one bayt from Ḥāfiẓ.

Title supplied.

Language(s): Persian
Filiation:

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 135 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 260 × 156 mm.

Hand(s)

Nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Mullā ‘Abd al-Sattār ibn Dā Mullā Mīrzā-yi Kitāb-furūsh

Decoration

Rubrics. Illuminated heading in gold, blue, and red, f. 1v; floral decoration in margin, green, black, red and yellow, also text frames in red, green, black, black, blue; black, green, black, f. 1v-2r.

Additions:

Binding

Light green leather binding with embossed medallions and pendants, worn.

History

Origin: 1858-1859 1275 (1858 - 1859) AH ; Afghanistan(?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Found in Department

Record Sources

Based on unpublished description in M.I. Waley, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts acquired 2000-2014.

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