[روضت الشهداء].

[Rawz̤at al-shuhadāʼ].

Author
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Persian
Published/​Created
[between 16--? and 17--?]
Description
202 leaves : paper ; 229 x 154 (165 x 105) mm. bound to 232 x 159 mm.

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    Summary note
    The lives of Muḥammad, ʻAlī, Fāṭimah, Ḥasan, and Ḥusayn, as well as other Muslim martyrs.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title supplied by cataloger.
    • Physical description: 21 lines per page; written in naskh in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Fol. 1-10, part of 11, 16-17, 43-48, 105, 200-201 are later replacements on glazed, laid Eurpean paper, likely 19th cent. Rubrication and catchwords; original pages framed in red. Extensive staining, smudging, and paper repairs.
    • Incipit: اى شربت درد تو دواى دل ما * اشوب بلاى تو عطاى دل ما
    Binding note
    Full brown leather over pasted boards; beige paper doublures.
    Language note
    Persian.
    Provenance
    Several owner's stamps throughout ms.
    References
    Rieu, C. Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts, I, 152
    OCLC
    761669227
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