Details

Subject(s)

• Persian poetry—History and criticism [Browse]
• Poets, Persian—Biography—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Summary note

Biographical dictionary of Persian poets with copious poetic quotations; arranged as follows: introduction, kings and princes, poets by geographical location, women poets, contemporary poets, and a khātimah with extracts by the author.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 3b.
• On front cover: Label reading "324" in Arabic script.
• Physical description: 24 lines per page, in 1-4 columns; written in nastaʻliq in black on yellowish glazed, laid European paper. Headings in red, keywords overlined in red, Arabic quotations overlined in red and vocalized. Catchwords; topical classification in upper left corner of recto of each folio. Bound insert between fol. 18, 19; loose insert between fol. 144, 145. Extensive paper repairs to first and last leaves, with some loss of text on fol. 1. A few paper repairs to other leaves; slight marginal damp staining. Otherwise in good condition.
• Origin: Copy completed by Muḥammad Farḥān ibn Muḥammad Naṣīr in Iṣfahān, 5 Rabīʻ al-Thānī 1227 H. [28 April 1812].
• Incipit: در طوف حرم دىدم دى مغبچه مىگفت * اين خانه باىن خوبى آتشکده باىستى

Binding note

Contemporary full brown leather with tooled fillets.

Language note

Persian.

References

Rieu, C. Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts, I, 375

Other format(s)

Published (Tehran, 1336 [1957]).

OCLC

711793525

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