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Subject(s)

• ʻAbbās I Shah of Iran 1571-1629 [Browse]
• Geography, Medieval [Browse]
• Iran—History—Ṣafavid dynasty, 1501-1736—Biography [Browse]
• Iran—Kings and rulers—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Iran—History—16th-18th centuries—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Headpieces (layout features)—Islamic countries—19th century [Browse]
• Illuminated manuscripts—Islamic countries—19th century [Browse]

Summary note

Collection of two texts: the first a history of the Safavid Shāh ʻAbbās and his predecessors, the second a text on geography.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Physical description: 22 lines per page; written in casual nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Illuminated ʻunwān of amateur quality on fol. 1b in gold and color; text framed in black and red on fol. 1b-2a. Rubrication and catchwords. Numerous paper repairs, particularly to fol. 1-16, 160, but no loss of text. Some staining and smudging. In good condition.
• Origin: Text 1, 1229 H [1813 or 14], Abū al-Qāsim ibn Mullā Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Khalīl (fol. 129a). Text 2, 19 Ṣafar 1230 H [31 January 1815], Muḥammad Yūsuf ... (fol. 160b); text is in the same hand as text 1 through fol. 156a, change of hands on fol. 157a.
• Incipit (text 1): چون نشر محامد کبرىائ اله که بىرون از دائره عقول و افهام است
• Incipit (text 2): بعد از حمد و ثناى صانع جهان غرابت آئن

Binding note

Full black leather.

Language note

Persian.

Contents

• 1. fol. 1b-129a: [Volume 1 of Tārīkh-i ʻĀlamʹārā-yi ʻAbbāsī].
• 2. fol. 129a-160b: Kitāb-i ʻAjāʼib al-buldān. On the seven climes and the countries located therein, bodies of water, islands, and mountains.

Provenance

On fol. 1a, partially smudged note explaining the reason for the copying of this ms., dated Rajab 1230 H [June 1815].

References

• Storey, C. A. Persian literature, I, 310
• Āghā Buzurg. Dharīʻah, III, 263-4

Other title(s)

• ʻAjāʼib al-buldān.
• عجائب البلدان.

OCLC

806243014

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