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Or 15581

Record Id:
032-004343445
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Or 15581
Title:
Historical anecdotes
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
340 ff.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1790
End Date:
1999
Date Range:
1790-1999
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh, Shah of Iran,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/51026511
Yūsuf Lāhījī
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Oriental Manuscripts

Or 15581

Historical anecdotes

Contents

1 copy of Kalām al-mulūk by Yūsuf Lāhījī

Author: Yūsuf Lāhījī یوسف لاهیجی
Title: Kalām al-mulūk
Title: کلام الملوک

A collection of historical anecdotes compiled by Yūsuf Lāhījī and dedicated (see f. 3r) to Fatḥ ‘Alī Shah Qājār (reg. 1212-50/1797-1834). Includes numerous narratives relating to the Imams and scholars of the Shī‘a and to renowned saints.

Other contents: f. 340v, notes of financial transactions, with dates.

Undated.

Language(s): Persian
Filiation:

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 340 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 203 × 207 mm.

Hand(s)

Large clear nastaʿlīq

Decoration

Headings, rubrics and Arabic quotations in red. Text frames: black, gold, black, black, gold, black, blue; black,gold, black. Good illuminated heading, f. 1v. Interlinear and marginal gilding, f. 1v-2r.

Additions:

Binding

Original reddish brown goatskin binding with plain margin lines.

History

Origin: 1790-1999

Provenance and Acquisition

1999-10-14

Acquired at Sotheby's sale 14 Oct. 1999, Lot 530

Record Sources

Based on unpublished description in M.I. Waley, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts acquired 2000-2014.

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