[انوار سهىلى : معروف بکلىله [و] دمنه].

[Anvār-i Suhaylī : maʻrūf bi-Kalīlah [va] Dimnah].

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Manuscript, Book
Language
Persian
Published/​Created
[1817]
Description
258 leaves : paper ; 296 x 178 (215 x 112) mm. bound to 296 x 186 mm.

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    Summary note
    Persian adaptation of Kalīlah wa-Dimnah by Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ Kāshifī.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title from fol. 1a by a later hand.
    • Physical description: 19 lines per page; written in neat nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Paginated in Arabic script in pencil. Marginal staining and occasional smudging. Fol. 1-4, 157-258 detached. In good condition.
    • Origin: 6 Jumādá I 1232 H [24 March 1817], Ḥusayn al-Ḥusaynī ibn Muḥammad ʻAlī al-Qummī (fol. 258a).
    Binding note
    Contemporary full brown leather with blind-stamped central mandorla, pendants, corner pieces, and fillets; blue paper doublure. Back cover missing.
    Language note
    Persian.
    Provenance
    On fol. 1a, note dated Ramaḍān [?] 1351 H [1932]. Owner's stamp on fol. 1b.
    References
    Rieu, C. Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts, II, 756
    OCLC
    809241679
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