Details

Subject(s)

• Nādir Shāh Shah of Iran 1688-1747—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Iran—History—16th-18th centuries—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

History of the reign of Nādir Shāh.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from note by a later hand on fol. 1a.
• Physical description: 17 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid European paper. On fol. 1b, simple ʻunwān in gold, blue, and red; text framed in red and gold. Rubrication and catchwords. Significant paper repairs to fol. 1-10, 174-180, with slight loss of text on fol. 1b. Light staining and smudging; minor paper repairs throughout ms. In good condition.
• Origin: Towards the end of Rabīʻ II 1201 H [February 1787] (fol. 180b).
• Incipit: بر داناىان رموز آگاهى و دقىقه بشناسان حکمتهاى آلهى واضحست

Binding note

Full orange leather with blind-stamped central mandorla, pendants, corner pieces, and fillets; blue paper doublures.

Language note

Persian.

Provenance

On fol. 1a, note dated Ramaḍān 1335 H [June-July 1917] and owner's stamp. On fol. 180b, stamp at end of long colophon and several birth/death notices concerning the Qājār dynasty.

Other format(s)

Published ([Tehran], 1366 [1987]).

OCLC

809684269

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