Details

Subject(s)

• Poets, Persian—India—16th century [Browse]
• Persian poetry—16th century [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Short taz̲kirah containing notices and sample poetry of poets from the court of Emperor Akbar. Poets with extensive quotations include Fayz̤ī, ʻAbd al-Salām Payāmī, and ʻUrfī Shīrāzī.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from spine label.
• Ms. erroneously foliated beginning on second folio. Record follows erroneous foliation.
• Physical description: 17 lines per page, in 1-2 columns; written in small nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Text framed in gold, with double gold lines between columns. Incomplete ʻunwān on fol. iiib. Catchwords. Some smudging and staining. In excellent condition.
• Incipit: خلف ارجمند و فرزند سعادتمند جناب شىخ مبارک

Binding note

Full green leather with blind-tooled fillets; marbled paper doublures.

Language note

Persian.

OCLC

796023957

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