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IO Islamic 132, ff 1r-18v
- Record Id:
- 040-002559800
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002559799
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023431403.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IO Islamic 132, ff 1r-18v
- Title:
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Dīvān-i Muʻizzī by Muʻizzī, Amīr ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad, b. 1048 or 9
ديوان معزى
- Scope & Content:
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Contains only a select number of Muʻizzī's poems, chiefly qaṣīdas, with a few qiṭʻas and rubāʻīs at the end
A short biographical notice at the top of folio 1v
Anthology of dīvāns dating from between Feb/Mar 1314 and Feb 1315 containing 53 miniatures in a simplified Mongol style. The manuscript belonged formerly to Shah Ismāʻīl
Decorations:
- Miniature: Folio 1v: Sulṭān Sanjar, attended by the poet Mu'izzi and four courtiers of Mongol appearance, viewing the moon over a rocky hill. Damaged and repaired. Dimensions [written]: 9.5x25cm.
- Miniature: Folio 3v: The poet under a looped-up curtain reading his works to an attentive Mongol prince attended by five courtiers. Dimensions [written]: 8.5x17cm.
- Miniature: Folio 5v: Poet, with another Persian behind him, reading from a scroll to a Mongol prince under a looped-up curtain. Four courtiers in attendance. Dimensions [written]: 8.5x17.5cm.
- Miniature: Folio 6v: Same subject and figures as folio 5v. Dimensions [written]: 8.5x18cm.
- Miniature: Folio 8v: Similar subject to folio 5v except that the second Persian appears to be expostulating with one of the courtiers, and another of the latter carries a mace. Dimensions [written]: 8.5x18cm.
- Miniature: Folio 9v: Same subject and figures as folio 3v. The miniature is stepped up for the middle two of its four-column width and this space is occupied by a looped-up curtain. The prince carries a mace. Dimensions [written]: 9.5x17.5cm.
- Miniature: Folio 12v: Very similar to the preceding, except that the prince carries no mace. Dimensions [written]: 11x18cm.
- Miniature: Folio 14v: Poet, attended by three others also in turbans, reading to a turbaned dignitary with two attendants in Mongol caps - looped-up curtain as usual. Dimensions [written]: 19x18cm.
- Miniature: Folio 16v: A poet presenting a poem to a couple of Mongol princes. Behind him two pairs of men, one of whom wears a turban, are in animated discussion. Dimensions [written]: 9.5x18cm.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002559799
040-002559800 - Is part of:
- IO Islamic 132 : Dīvān-i Muʻizzī by Muʻizzī, Amīr ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad, b. 1048 or 9ديوان معزىand 5 other texts
IO Islamic 132, ff 1r-18v : Dīvān-i Muʻizzī by Muʻizzī, Amīr ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad, b. 1048 or 9ديوان معزى - Hierarchy:
- 032-002559799[0001]/040-002559800
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IO Islamic 132
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 text
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IO_Islamic_132 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1314
- End Date:
- 1315
- Date Range:
- 713-714
- Calendar:
- Hijri qamari
- Era:
- AH
- Access:
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- Administrative Context:
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Origin: Iran, 713-714 Hijri qamari (1314-1315)
- Finding Aids:
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For a more detailed catalogue entry see:
Ethé, Hermann, and Edward Edwards. Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office. Oxford: The India Office, 1903: no.913
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)