Details

Subject(s)

• Islamic Empire—History—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Volume 2 of Rawz̤at al-ṣafā, containing the history of Muḥammad and the first four Caliphs; followed by poetry on fol. 205b.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 1b.
• On front cover: "423" in Arabic script.
• On spine label and fore edge: "Jild-i duvīm-i Rawz̤at al-ṣafā" in Arabic script.
• Physical description: 25 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper with visible fibers. Hand gradually shifts to naskh script beginning on fol. 209a. Arabic quotations vocalized, overlined in red, and written in naskh. Rubrication and catchwords; a few marginal notes and sketches. Foliated on the verso in Arabic script. Some paper repairs, particularly to fol. 1-2 in which lost text has been replaced. Light smudging and staining. In good condition.
• Origin: Copy completed 10 Shaʻbān 1072 H [31 March 1662] (fol. 226a).
• Incipit: عنوان صحىفۀ مرادات و فهرست مجموعۀ سعادات

Binding note

Full brown leather with blind-stamped central mandorla and pendants; spine and edges reinforced with tan leather. Glossy machine-made paper pastedowns.

Language note

Persian.

Provenance

Note dated 1222 H on fol. 187a [1807 or 8]. Owner's notes by Muḥsin on fol. 205a.

References

Rieu, C. Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts, I, 89.

OCLC

757322858

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