Details

Subject(s)

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

Getty AAT genre

• Commonplace books—Islamic countries—19th century [Browse]

Summary note

Commonplace book containing notes and short writings by the author, as well as extracts and poetry (poets quoted include Maghribī, ʻĀrif, Muṣliḥ al-Dīn, and Rūmī). Mainly in Persian with a few writings in Arabic.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 3a.
• On front cover: Label reading "138" in Arabic script.
• Physical description: Varying lines per page; written in shikastah in black on machine-made paper. Light staining and smudging. Gatherings are loose. In good condition.

Binding note

Full orange leather decorated with small, blind-stamped mandorlas and blind-tooled fillets. Paper doublures.

Language note

Persian and Arabic.

Provenance

On fol. 3a, two owner's seals, one of which reads ʻAbd al-Rājī al-Ḥusaynī Jaʻfar.

OCLC

793731385

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