Details

Subject(s)

• ʻAbbās II Shah of Iran 1633-1668 [Browse]
• Iran—History—Ṣafavid dynasty, 1501-1736 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Related name

• Ellis, Alexander George, 1858-1942 [Browse]

Summary note

History of the first fifteen years of the reign of Shāh ʻAbbās II.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title supplied by cataloger, per Storey.
• Pasted to inner front cover is a typed description of the ms.
• Physical description: 17-18 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq in black on heavy glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords. A few lacunae. Extensive staining and some mildew along lower half of ms., but text largely unaffected. In good condition.
• Incipit: نيايش خالقى را سزاست كه زبان محمدت سكال را از كلمات رنگين كسوت بال طاووسى دربر كرده كه درفضاى حدايق سخن سرائى بال فصاحت گشايد

Binding note

Rebound in modern European binding.

Language note

Persian.

Provenance

On fol. 1a, two owner's notes: Sayyid Ghulām Qāsim, and A.G. Ellis, dated 22-3-18.

References

Storey, C.A. Persian literature, I, 315

Other title(s)

Tārīkh-i Shāh ʻAbbās S̲ānī

OCLC

819760351

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