Details

Subject(s)

• Islamic Empire—History—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Iran—History—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Illuminated manuscripts—Islamic countries—18th century [Browse]
• Headpieces (layout features)—Islamic countries—18th century [Browse]

Summary note

Volume 1 of a general history extending to 1524; this volume covers pre-Islamic prophets and sages, pre-Islamic kings of Persia and Arabia, Muḥammad, and the first four Caliphs.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from leaf 7, lines 16-17.
• Physical description: 25 lines per page; written in small, elegant nastaʻliq in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Foliated in Arabic script, with errors. Lacuna after leaf 63. Leaves 272-274, 292-294, 311-315 are replacements. Extensive damp staining and mild insect damage. Part of leaf 1 torn away, resulting in some loss of text, and mended. Brown stain on leaves 1-6.
• Decoration: Illuminated ʻunwān in gold and color on leaf 1b, in good condition. Text framed in blue, red, and gold.
• Origin: According to Moghadam, likely 18th century.
• Incipit: ربنا اتنا من لدنك رحمة وهي لنا من امرنا رشدا لطايف اخبار لالي نثار انبيا عالي مقدار

Binding note

Full maroon leather; gold-stamped central mandorla, pendants and corner pieces and gold-painted fillets.

Language note

Persian.

Provenance

Acquired from Widgery, Cambridge, 1925.

Source acquisition

Gift; Robert Garrett (Class of 1897), 1942.

References

• Moghadam, M. et al. Garrett coll., 56
• Storey, C. A. Persian literature, I, 104

OCLC

851805271

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