[Volume 1 of Rawz̤at al-ṣafā].

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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Persian
Published/​Created
[between 16--? and 17--?]
Description
329 leaves : paper ; 254 x 157 (198 x 97) mm. bound to 262 x 165 mm.

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    Summary note
    Volume 1 of Rawz̤at al-ṣafā, containing the history of the pre-Islamic Prophets and the early kings of Persia.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Physical description: 24 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Some staining; some paper repairs, particularly to leaves at beginning and end of ms. Lost text replaced by a later hand.
    • Origin: Copied by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Mūsavī (fol. 329b).
    • Incipit: زىب فهرست نسخۀ مفاخر انبىاء عالىمکان و زنىت دىباچۀ مجموعۀ مآثر سلاطىن کردون توان
    Binding note
    Full brown leather with gold-stamped central mandorla and pendants.
    Language note
    Persian.
    Provenance
    On fol. 329b, several owner's stamps and a note dated 1194 H [1780 or 81].
    References
    Rieu, C. Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts, I, 87
    OCLC
    806494190
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