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Or 16857

Record Id:
032-004343548
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Or 16857
Title:
Nikahnamah
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 f.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Arabic
Persian
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1845
End Date:
1845
Date Range:
1845
Calendar:
Hijri-qamari
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Fāṭimah Sulṭān Baygum
Gawhar Nisāʾ Baygum
Muḥammad Javād
Mīrzā ʿAqīl
Sayyid Muḥammad Ḥasan
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Oriental Manuscripts

Or 16857

Nikahnamah

Contents

A signed and witnessed document certifying the marriage of Muḥammad Javād, son of Sayyid Muḥammad Ḥasan, and Fāṭimah Sulṭān Baygum, known as Gawhar Nisāʾ Baygum, daughter of Mīrzā ʿAqīl.

Iran. 18 Z̲ū l-Ḥijjah 1261/18 December 1845.

Nasta‘liq. Rubrics in red naskhī. 11 lines. Illuminated heading and margin of poor quality. Heading: Huva l-Mu’allif bayn al-qulūb. Additional inscription on reverse (nasta‘līq, 5 lines) dated 24 Zū l-Qa‘da 1299/7 October 1882. Tear near upper left corner. 88 x 60 cm.

Purchased from Bonhams (23 November 2011, part of Lot 185).

Language(s): Persian & Arabic

Physical Description

Form: leaf
Material: paper
Extent: 1 f.
Dimensions (leaf): 880 × 600 mm.
Dimensions (written):

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1845-12-18 18 Z̲ū l-Ḥijjah 1261 AH; 18 December 1845 CE ; Iran

Record Sources

Based on unpublished description in M.I. Waley, Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts acquired 2000-2014.

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