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Add MS 7691
- Record Id:
- 032-004547293
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004547293
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100187389119.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 7691
- Title:
- [Persian treatise on orthography, pronunciation and penmanship]
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains a treatise on pronunciation and penmanship in Persian authored by Abu’l-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad Riz̤ā, Majlis-Navīs-i Naṣīrī (ابو القاسم بن محمد رضا مجلسنویس نصیری). The text begins:
الحمد للله الذي استنسخ لالواح قلوبنا نسخة عرفان وحدانيته...
The author, who calls himself a born servant of the Shah, states that his grandfather, his paternal uncle, and his father have written books on surnames, on the rules of letter writing, and on poetry. He chose to write in the present work on orthography, the rules of correct diction, and on penmanship.
The work is divided into a Muqaddimah and four maqālāt:
ff 2v-4r : Muqaddimah, Letters proper to Arabic, Persian, and Turkic languages ;
ff 4v-38r : Maqālah I, in two abwāb, on orthography and the rules of correct speech in Persian ;
ff 38v-49r : Maqālah II, Orthography and rules of correct speech in Turkic languages. Although the text deals primarily with Chagatai, there are frequent notes on the usage of both Azerbaijani and Ottoman Turkish ;
ff 49v-86r : Maqālah III, in three abwāb: (1) Meanings of the single letters, according to the teachings of the Imams (ff 49v-61v); (2) Arabic orthography (ff 62r-75v); (3) Rules of correct speech in Arabic (ff 76r-86r) ;
ff 86v-11v : Maqālah IV, on penmanship in eight abwāb: (1) creation of the qalam (ff 86v-87r); (2) invention of the art of writing (ff 87v-89v); (3) writing implements (ff 90r-94v); (4) various writings and characters, in which the latest celebrated calligrapher mentioned is Mīr ˁimād (ff 95r-98v); (5) how to cut the qalam (ff 99r-102r); (6) how to teach and practice penmanship (ff 102v-105v); (7) ligature and proportion of the letters (ff 107r-109r); (8) how to correct writing (ff 109v-111v).
The text features a single unvan and ornamental headings.
A Persian note on the first page, dated 1117 AH (1705-06 CE) includes a potential title for this text as Risālah-i Davarān (رسالۀ دوران), to which the writer adds that the text might useful for the eminent scribes of the period.
The manuscript is not dated, but was likely copied towards the close of the 17th century CE.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004547293
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004547293
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 111 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Azerbaijani
Chagatai
Persian
Turkish, Ottoman - Scripts:
- Arabic (nastaliq Variant)
- Start Date:
- 1660
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- Late 17th century
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Materials : Paper
Foliation : European, 111 ff
Dimensions : 216 mm x 140 mm
Ruling : Gold-ruled text boxes, text area 80 mm long, 12 lines per page
Script : Nastaˁlīq
- Source of Acquisition:
- Bequeathed to the British Museum by Claudius Rich.
- Finding Aids:
- Rieu, Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum, Vol. II (London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1966), p. 519.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)