[Volume 1 of Tārīkh-i ʻĀlamʹārā-yi ʻAbbāsī] ... etc.

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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Persian
Published/​Created
[1813-1815]
Description
160 leaves : paper ; 337 x 203 (250 x 140) mm. bound to 279 x 170 mm.

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    Summary note
    Collection of two texts: the first a history of the Safavid Shāh ʻAbbās and his predecessors, the second a text on geography.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Physical description: 22 lines per page; written in casual nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Illuminated ʻunwān of amateur quality on fol. 1b in gold and color; text framed in black and red on fol. 1b-2a. Rubrication and catchwords. Numerous paper repairs, particularly to fol. 1-16, 160, but no loss of text. Some staining and smudging. In good condition.
    • Origin: Text 1, 1229 H [1813 or 14], Abū al-Qāsim ibn Mullā Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Khalīl (fol. 129a). Text 2, 19 Ṣafar 1230 H [31 January 1815], Muḥammad Yūsuf ... (fol. 160b); text is in the same hand as text 1 through fol. 156a, change of hands on fol. 157a.
    • Incipit (text 1): چون نشر محامد کبرىائ اله که بىرون از دائره عقول و افهام است
    • Incipit (text 2): بعد از حمد و ثناى صانع جهان غرابت آئن
    Binding note
    Full black leather.
    Language note
    Persian.
    Contents
    • 1. fol. 1b-129a: [Volume 1 of Tārīkh-i ʻĀlamʹārā-yi ʻAbbāsī].
    • 2. fol. 129a-160b: Kitāb-i ʻAjāʼib al-buldān. On the seven climes and the countries located therein, bodies of water, islands, and mountains.
    Provenance
    On fol. 1a, partially smudged note explaining the reason for the copying of this ms., dated Rajab 1230 H [June 1815].
    References
    • Storey, C. A. Persian literature, I, 310
    • Āghā Buzurg. Dharīʻah, III, 263-4
    Other title(s)
    • ʻAjāʼib al-buldān.
    • عجائب البلدان.
    OCLC
    806243014
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