Details

Subject(s)

• Arabic alphabet [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Autographs (manuscripts)—Georgia (Republic)—Tʻbilisi—19th century [Browse]

Summary note

A book of alphabet in Arabic script by one of the sons of king Nazarshāpūrzādeh. The manuscript contains examples of writing in naskhī or nastaʻlīq. A unique ms.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Physical description: Written in naskhi/nastaʻliq scripts in black on white paper. Rubrication; text framed in gold. Illuminated header in gold on fol. 5b. Text is preceded by a preface on fol. 1b-3b and index on fol. 4a-5a. Loose leaf inserted after front cover explains how the author brought the manuscript to missionaries. Holograph.
• Collation: fol. iv + 33 (paginated 1-62).
• Origin: Written by the author in 1252 AH/1836 AD in Tbilisi (fol. 1b).

Binding note

Contemporary boards covered in blue silk; front cover and endpaper detached.

Language note

Persian.

Provenance

Inscribed "Presented by Rev. James L. Merrick"--in ink, on last leaf recto.

Source acquisition

Purchase. AM 2006-62.

Other title(s)

• Alif bāʾ fārisī va turkī va ʻarabī bijihat-i taʻlīm-i zabān-i Islāmi
• الف باء فارسى و ترکى و عربى بجهت تعلىم زبان اسلام

OCLC

63051728

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