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RSPA 72
- Record Id:
- 032-004380793
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004380793
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100169708454.0x00007e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RSPA 72
- Title:
- 1 copy of Tarjumah-'i Pārjātak by Mīrzā Rawshan Ẕamīr
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004380793", "parent" : "#", "text" : "RSPA 72: 1 copy of Tarjumah-'i Pārjātak by Mīrzā Rawshan Ẕamīr" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004380793
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004380793
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- ff.xv+87+iii
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1688
- End Date:
- 1688
- Date Range:
- 1688
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Rawshan Z̤amīr
- Subjects:
- Hindustani music
- TEI:
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India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
RSPA 72
Contents
1 copy of Tarjumah-'i Pārjātak by Mīrzā Rawshan Ẕamīr
Language(s): Persian
ff. 1v-87rTitle: Tarjumah-'i PārjātakTitle: ترحمۀ پارجاتکIncipit: سرود اثر آمود و اثر سرود نمود زمزمۀ حمدExplicit: تمایند وعیب وهنر این کتاب را میزان بخندColophon: تمام شد ترجمۀ کتاب پارجاتک وقت بهر روز سه سنبه بتاریخ پانزدهم شهر شعبان المعظم سنه ۳۱ جلوس معلی مطابق سنه ۱۰۹۹ هجری تحریر یافتThis is a Persian translation of a Sanskrit work on music, completed during the reign of ʿĀlam-gīr.
On f0r, Jones has written "The Parchetuk of Ghobul on Indian Musick translated from the Thanimi by Rōshan Zameen in the reign of Aurangzeb"
Tables and diagrams passim throughout manuscript (e.g. ff54-6).
Physical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Strong light brown woven paper.Extent: ff.xv+87+iiiDimensions (leaf): 295 × 185 mm.Dimensions (written): 225 × 100 mm.Foliation:European numerals in pencil.
Condition
Fine condition. Extensive worm damage, largely repaired. Supports and guards. Some discoloration.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 23
Hand(s)
Standard black ink nastaʿlīq.
Decoration
Additions:Jones has written copious annotations across the text, most of which are translations of chapter headings or translations of short phrases.
Binding
Standard India Office half leather binding with wine coloured marbled endpapers. Bound together with MS RSPA 185, Kitāb-i ḥasan-i ʿishq dar ʿilm-i taṣavvuf, part of the Ashburner collection.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1688-06-15 15_Shaʿbān_1099 AH; 15 June 1688 CE ; IndiaProvenance and Acquisition
RSPA 1-118 were presented to the Royal Society in January 1792 by Sir William and Lady Jones.
The Royal Society's collection of 280 Persian and Arabic, and 86 Sanskrit manuscripts were transferred to the India Office Library in 1876.
1876
India Office Library
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on E. Denison Ross and E. G. Browne, Catalogue of two collections of Persian and Arabic manuscripts preserved in the India Office Library (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1902), p.57 no. LXXIIAvailability
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