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Subject(s)

• Persian prose literature—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Persian poetry—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

A belle lettres prose and poetry work by the author of Ḥusn va dil. The work is arranged in eight chapters, which are subdivided into faṣls, and a khātimah. Date of composition in a chronogram at end (1128 H, i.e. 1715).

Notes

• Text is followed by a three-page qaṣidah.
• Leaf 1a bears an owner's inscription dated 1162 H (i.e. 1748 or 49).
• Ms. in nastaliq on glazed paper. 18.1 x 13.9 cm. Headings and keywords in gold. Text area of f. 1b and 2a framed in ruled gilt lines. Catchwords; text unvocalized. Some marginal notation in various hands.
• Paper is glazed laid stock. Some minor discoloration and waterstains, mostly in margins. A few leaves have a blue tint. Very good condition.
• Binding is recent quarter leather. Spine is red leather. Covers are marbeled paper over pasteboard.
• Incipit:حمد خدايرا كه چشمۀ ميم حمدش دريائيست در حد كمال كرم ودايرۀ ميم نعمتش سفره است ...
• Explicit:... شين شربت شهادت ايمان از لب باى بيان وسين سيماى سعادت جاودان ازتاى تن عريان والف الفت احسان ازنون نفس بى سلمان ما دور مدار. قطعه. اكرئه ديوان ما ...
• Colophon... نماند سر شين ازشين سر شب ظلمت از روى او دوردار. ستان انكهش از قبول نظر تمت. تم.

Provenance

AM 1993-168. Purchased from Worldwide Antiquarian, Special List 273.

Other format(s)

On ch. 1 of the work, see H. Ethe, Dus Schlafgemach der Phantasie, Leipzig, 1868.

Other title(s)

اختيارات علائية وغيرهم

Edge title

• Ikhtiyārāt ʻalāʼīyah wa-ghayruhum

OCLC

122839444

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