Shahnama

Name: Shahnama
Author: Firdausi

İsim	Shahnama
Yazar	Firdausi
Tür	Belge
Dil	Farsça
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Sayfa Sayısı	27
Fiziksel Boyutlar	561 ff. Codex. Various lacunae.
Kütüphane:	Cambridge Dijital Kütüphanesi
Kayıt Numarası	MS-PHILADELPHIAFREE-LEWIS-O-00055
Lokasyon	Free Library of Philadelphia — Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis O. 55
Tarih	Gregorian: 18th/Ch1.-1799-1700
Notlar	The manuscript was examined briefly by Ch.M. in June 2006 and some working images taken by kind permission of Bill Lang. The record is also based on the account of Simsar, pp. 85-7, which lists the 15 miniature paintings and includes 3 b/w reproductions (ff. 73r, 251v, 470v).One particular problem here (common to most of the other mss in the Free Library collection) is the fact that the ms. has not been paginated properly; several old schemes seem to have started but not been completed, and the only set of numerals to continue right through to the end is an Indian number in mid-page on the verso side (sic). Another numeration is found in the top left side of the recto pages, but carried not through to the end.Until this is dealt with, the catalogue here refers to the mid-page number, and the equivalent in Simsar will be referred to as appropriate; or (often different again), the foliation on the top left corner of the recto side. (The sample page is thus f. 86r according to the Indian numbers, f. 90r according to the top left).The binding is of native brown morocco, with silver-tooled panels on the sides and flowers on the back. The text is written on native brownish bombacyne paper, with marginal rulings in gold, red and green, on new margins. Rubrics are in red (Simsar). The ms. is very fragile and in poor repair, many of the text blocks are lifting along the lines of the frames. It is now stored in a handsome box.There is no Preface and the volume starts with the normative opening of the poem on f. 1v, on a double illuminated carpet page (ff. 1v-2r). The text is divided into four books, each with an illuminated title page (ff. 1v, 154v, 333v, 454v), preceded by blank pages. Simsar notes that there may once have been an additional painting opposite what is now fol. 381v, which is decorated in the same way as other pages facing miniature paintings, with the text embellished by setting some of the verses in decorated and gilded panels.The first and last pages (f. 1r and 561v) contain several seals, of which Simsar (pp. 86-7) identifies the following:1. 'Abd al-Qadir Khanazada-yi Padshah-i Ghazi, 1140/1727.2. Salah al-Din Khan, Fidawi-yi Padshah-i Ghazi, 1145/1732.3. Saif al-Mulk, Nusrat al-Daula, Sayyid Najabat Khan Bahadur Sipahdar-i Jang, 1169/1755.4. Badr al-Daula Shuja' al-Mulk Sa'adatmand Khan, Muhammad Bahadur, 1245/1829.5. Muhr-i Niyabat Qadi Afdal-'Ali b. Najaf-'Ali, 1289/1872.Simsar notes also other inscriptions, indicating its purchase from the Royal Mughal Library (in 1290/1873), and suggests that it was written for Muhammad Shah (1719-48), who first presented it to 'Abd al-Qadir Khan.
İlişkili Ad(lar)	Muhammad Shah
Süsleme	Seals of ownership or library marksFolio number: 001rLocation in text:Mohl -1, Preliminary materials, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Illuminated title page at start of poemScene Title:Illuminated title page (verso side)Folio number: 001vLocation in text:Mohl -1a, Illuminations, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Jamshid sawn in half before ZahhakTitle (Persian): 203Folio number: 008rNotes: The painting very badly damaged. The iconography of the scene is not consistent with text. The page ends at the start of the reign of Zahhak, but there is no new chapter heading to indicate this.Location in text:Mohl 4, Jamshid (700 years), first line: 201, break line before: 206, break line after: 207.0, last line: 2.The birth of RustamTitle (Persian): 1696Folio number: 043vNotes: The folio has 45 on the recto side.Location in text:Mohl 7, Manuchihr (120 years), first line: 1696, break line before: 1702, break line after: 1703.0, last line: 1714.Rustam kills Zal's white elephantScene Title:Rustam kills Zal's white elephantFolio number: 045rLocation in text:Mohl 7, Manuchihr (120 years), first line: 1815, break line before: 1825, break line after: 1826.0, last line: 1834.Rustam's third labour: he kills a dragonScene Title:Rustam's third labour: he kills a dragonFolio number: 063vNotes: The iconography of this scene is closer to the traditional one of Rustam's first labour, when Rakhsh kills the lion while Rustam sleeps. But here too, Rustam first slept while his horse was on guard, so the departure from the text is not so great. The last three verses beneath the painting are Mohl vv. 391, 394, 393.Location in text:Mohl 12, Kay Kavus (150 years), first line: 373, break line before: 392, break line after: 391.0, last line: 393.Kay Kavus airborneFolio number: 073rNotes: The painting comes a little early in the text, at the point where the Div is tempting the Shah. B/w illustration in Simsar, pl. XVI.Location in text:Mohl 12b, Kay Kavus fights the King of Hamavaran, first line: 449, break line before: 451, break line after: 454.0, last line: 457.Rustam discovers Suhrab's identityTitle (Persian): 1140Scene Title:Rustam discovers Suhrab's identityFolio number: 088vNotes: The break-line is not in Mohl, inserted between Mohl vv. 1141-2, and a couple of other lines are missing. The painting comes in the text at the point where the two heroes are still wrestling.Location in text:Mohl 12c, Suhrab, first line: 1140, break line before: 1142, break line after: 1145.0, last line: 1149.Suhrab's funeral processionScene Title:Suhrab's body carried to ZabulistanFolio number: 090rLocation in text:Mohl 12c, Suhrab, first line: 1363, break line before: 1365, break line after: 1366.0, last line: 1367.Folio number: 153vNotes: Colophon: End of first daftarLocation in text:Mohl -1, Preliminary materials, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Illuminated unvan at start of book IIScene Title:Illuminated unvanFolio number: 154vLocation in text:Mohl -1a, Illuminations, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Rustam captures and kills KamusTitle (Persian): 1574Folio number: 171vLocation in text:Mohl 13b, Kamus-i Kashani, first line: 1560, break line before: 1575, break line after: 1576.0, last line: 1578.Akvan Div flings Rustam into the seaFolio number: 189rNotes: Note that the break-line should be 102, but differs entirely from the verse found in Mohl. The final line, 106, also differs considerably from its equivalent in Mohl. The picture shows Rustam in the sea, fighting an (invisible) sea monster, a slight mis-match between text and image.Location in text:Mohl 13d, Rustam fights Akhvan Div, first line: 100, break line before: None, break line after: 103.0, last line: 106.Scene from the BarzunamaFolio number: 229vNotes: Simsar, p. 86, calls this picture 'Pilsam killing Giv', but this is not a story in the Shahnama (Pilsam was killed by Rustam before this, and Giv died at the end of the reign of Kay Khusrau, long afterwards). The correct identification of the scene must therefore await further study. Possibly, unless the picture is out of order in the text, this is an episode from an interpolated epic, such as the Barzunama. Location in text:Mohl -2b, Barzunama, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Bizhan kills HumanFolio number: 251vNotes: B/w ill. in Simsar, pl. XVII, who gives f. 251v. The scene title is identified from the surrounding lines; however, the picture departs grossly from the text, and should represent a single combat.Location in text:Mohl 13f, The Twelve Rukhs, first line: 818, break line before: 822, break line after: 823.0, last line: 827.The execution of AfrasiyabTitle (Persian): 2405Folio number: 293vLocation in text:Mohl 13g, The Great War between Kay Khusrau and Afrasiyab, first line: 2398, break line before: 2406, break line after: 2407.0, last line: 2407.Isfandiyar's sixth labour: he escapes from a snow stormScene Title:Isfandiyar's sixth labour: he escapes from a snow stormFolio number: 329rLocation in text:Mohl 15, Gushtasp (120 years), first line: 1898, break line before: 1900, break line after: 1901.0, last line: 1903.Folio number: 333vLocation in text:Mohl -1, Preliminary materials, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Illuminated unvanFolio number: 335rLocation in text:Mohl -1a, Illuminations, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Iskandar attends the dying DaraFolio number: 373rLocation in text:Mohl 19, Dara son of Darab (14 years), first line: 369, break line before: 368, break line after: 369.0, last line: 370.Folio number: 455rNotes: Colophon: End of third daftarLocation in text:Mohl -1, Preliminary materials, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Illuminated unvanFolio number: 456vLocation in text:Mohl -1a, Illuminations, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Anushirvan sits before the chessboard sent by the Raja of HindFolio number: 472vNotes: B/w ill. in Simsar, pl. XVIII, who has f. 470v. The catchword does not match the start of the next verse in Mohl, but the rest of the line is similar (see image of the facing illuminated page, f. 473r).Location in text:Mohl 41, Kisra Anushirvan (48 years), first line: 2704, break line before: 2712, break line after: 2713.0, last line: 2712.Illuminated page facing paintingScene Title:Illuminated pageFolio number: 473rLocation in text:Mohl -1a, Illuminations, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Seals on final pageScene Title:Seals of ownership or library marksFolio number: 561vNotes: See the detailed identification of these seals by Simsar, pp. 86-7.Location in text:Mohl -1, Preliminary materials, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Sample pageFolio number: 86rColophonFolio number: 561r
Mizanpaj	4 columns. 25 rows. Leaf height: 310 mm, width: 208 mm. Written height: 198 mm, width: 111 mm.
Not(lar)	Patron: Muhammad Shah.
Menşei Yeri	India, late Mughal
Köken (Provenance)	See list of seals, dating from 1140/1727 to 1289/1872; originally from Royal Library of Muhammad Shah (1719-48).
Yazı Tipi	Ta'liq.
Yüzyıl 1	1700s C.E.
Oluşturma Tarihi (Bağlantı Türü)	keyword search
Oluşturma Türü	creation
Yıl (Bitiş)	1799
Yıl (Başlangıç)	1700
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Sayfa Sayısı 27

Fiziksel Boyutlar 561 ff. Codex. Various lacunae.

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Kayıt Numarası MS-PHILADELPHIAFREE-LEWIS-O-00055

Lokasyon Free Library of Philadelphia — Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis O. 55

Tarih Gregorian: 18th/Ch1.-1799-1700

Notlar The manuscript was examined briefly by Ch.M. in June 2006 and some working images taken by kind permission of Bill Lang. The record is also based on the account of Simsar, pp. 85-7, which lists the 15 miniature paintings and includes 3 b/w reproductions (ff. 73r, 251v, 470v).One particular problem here (common to most of the other mss in the Free Library collection) is the fact that the ms. has not been paginated properly; several old schemes seem to have started but not been completed, and the only set of numerals to continue right through to the end is an Indian number in mid-page on the verso side (sic). Another numeration is found in the top left side of the recto pages, but carried not through to the end.Until this is dealt with, the catalogue here refers to the mid-page number, and the equivalent in Simsar will be referred to as appropriate; or (often different again), the foliation on the top left corner of the recto side. (The sample page is thus f. 86r according to the Indian numbers, f. 90r according to the top left).The binding is of native brown morocco, with silver-tooled panels on the sides and flowers on the back. The text is written on native brownish bombacyne paper, with marginal rulings in gold, red and green, on new margins. Rubrics are in red (Simsar). The ms. is very fragile and in poor repair, many of the text blocks are lifting along the lines of the frames. It is now stored in a handsome box.There is no Preface and the volume starts with the normative opening of the poem on f. 1v, on a double illuminated carpet page (ff. 1v-2r). The text is divided into four books, each with an illuminated title page (ff. 1v, 154v, 333v, 454v), preceded by blank pages. Simsar notes that there may once have been an additional painting opposite what is now fol. 381v, which is decorated in the same way as other pages facing miniature paintings, with the text embellished by setting some of the verses in decorated and gilded panels.The first and last pages (f. 1r and 561v) contain several seals, of which Simsar (pp. 86-7) identifies the following:1. 'Abd al-Qadir Khanazada-yi Padshah-i Ghazi, 1140/1727.2. Salah al-Din Khan, Fidawi-yi Padshah-i Ghazi, 1145/1732.3. Saif al-Mulk, Nusrat al-Daula, Sayyid Najabat Khan Bahadur Sipahdar-i Jang, 1169/1755.4. Badr al-Daula Shuja' al-Mulk Sa'adatmand Khan, Muhammad Bahadur, 1245/1829.5. Muhr-i Niyabat Qadi Afdal-'Ali b. Najaf-'Ali, 1289/1872.Simsar notes also other inscriptions, indicating its purchase from the Royal Mughal Library (in 1290/1873), and suggests that it was written for Muhammad Shah (1719-48), who first presented it to 'Abd al-Qadir Khan.

İlişkili Ad(lar) Muhammad Shah

Süsleme Seals of ownership or library marksFolio number: 001rLocation in text:Mohl -1, Preliminary materials, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Illuminated title page at start of poemScene Title:Illuminated title page (verso side)Folio number: 001vLocation in text:Mohl -1a, Illuminations, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Jamshid sawn in half before ZahhakTitle (Persian): 203Folio number: 008rNotes: The painting very badly damaged. The iconography of the scene is not consistent with text. The page ends at the start of the reign of Zahhak, but there is no new chapter heading to indicate this.Location in text:Mohl 4, Jamshid (700 years), first line: 201, break line before: 206, break line after: 207.0, last line: 2.The birth of RustamTitle (Persian): 1696Folio number: 043vNotes: The folio has 45 on the recto side.Location in text:Mohl 7, Manuchihr (120 years), first line: 1696, break line before: 1702, break line after: 1703.0, last line: 1714.Rustam kills Zal's white elephantScene Title:Rustam kills Zal's white elephantFolio number: 045rLocation in text:Mohl 7, Manuchihr (120 years), first line: 1815, break line before: 1825, break line after: 1826.0, last line: 1834.Rustam's third labour: he kills a dragonScene Title:Rustam's third labour: he kills a dragonFolio number: 063vNotes: The iconography of this scene is closer to the traditional one of Rustam's first labour, when Rakhsh kills the lion while Rustam sleeps. But here too, Rustam first slept while his horse was on guard, so the departure from the text is not so great. The last three verses beneath the painting are Mohl vv. 391, 394, 393.Location in text:Mohl 12, Kay Kavus (150 years), first line: 373, break line before: 392, break line after: 391.0, last line: 393.Kay Kavus airborneFolio number: 073rNotes: The painting comes a little early in the text, at the point where the Div is tempting the Shah. B/w illustration in Simsar, pl. XVI.Location in text:Mohl 12b, Kay Kavus fights the King of Hamavaran, first line: 449, break line before: 451, break line after: 454.0, last line: 457.Rustam discovers Suhrab's identityTitle (Persian): 1140Scene Title:Rustam discovers Suhrab's identityFolio number: 088vNotes: The break-line is not in Mohl, inserted between Mohl vv. 1141-2, and a couple of other lines are missing. The painting comes in the text at the point where the two heroes are still wrestling.Location in text:Mohl 12c, Suhrab, first line: 1140, break line before: 1142, break line after: 1145.0, last line: 1149.Suhrab's funeral processionScene Title:Suhrab's body carried to ZabulistanFolio number: 090rLocation in text:Mohl 12c, Suhrab, first line: 1363, break line before: 1365, break line after: 1366.0, last line: 1367.Folio number: 153vNotes: Colophon: End of first daftarLocation in text:Mohl -1, Preliminary materials, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Illuminated unvan at start of book IIScene Title:Illuminated unvanFolio number: 154vLocation in text:Mohl -1a, Illuminations, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Rustam captures and kills KamusTitle (Persian): 1574Folio number: 171vLocation in text:Mohl 13b, Kamus-i Kashani, first line: 1560, break line before: 1575, break line after: 1576.0, last line: 1578.Akvan Div flings Rustam into the seaFolio number: 189rNotes: Note that the break-line should be 102, but differs entirely from the verse found in Mohl. The final line, 106, also differs considerably from its equivalent in Mohl. The picture shows Rustam in the sea, fighting an (invisible) sea monster, a slight mis-match between text and image.Location in text:Mohl 13d, Rustam fights Akhvan Div, first line: 100, break line before: None, break line after: 103.0, last line: 106.Scene from the BarzunamaFolio number: 229vNotes: Simsar, p. 86, calls this picture 'Pilsam killing Giv', but this is not a story in the Shahnama (Pilsam was killed by Rustam before this, and Giv died at the end of the reign of Kay Khusrau, long afterwards). The correct identification of the scene must therefore await further study. Possibly, unless the picture is out of order in the text, this is an episode from an interpolated epic, such as the Barzunama. Location in text:Mohl -2b, Barzunama, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Bizhan kills HumanFolio number: 251vNotes: B/w ill. in Simsar, pl. XVII, who gives f. 251v. The scene title is identified from the surrounding lines; however, the picture departs grossly from the text, and should represent a single combat.Location in text:Mohl 13f, The Twelve Rukhs, first line: 818, break line before: 822, break line after: 823.0, last line: 827.The execution of AfrasiyabTitle (Persian): 2405Folio number: 293vLocation in text:Mohl 13g, The Great War between Kay Khusrau and Afrasiyab, first line: 2398, break line before: 2406, break line after: 2407.0, last line: 2407.Isfandiyar's sixth labour: he escapes from a snow stormScene Title:Isfandiyar's sixth labour: he escapes from a snow stormFolio number: 329rLocation in text:Mohl 15, Gushtasp (120 years), first line: 1898, break line before: 1900, break line after: 1901.0, last line: 1903.Folio number: 333vLocation in text:Mohl -1, Preliminary materials, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Illuminated unvanFolio number: 335rLocation in text:Mohl -1a, Illuminations, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Iskandar attends the dying DaraFolio number: 373rLocation in text:Mohl 19, Dara son of Darab (14 years), first line: 369, break line before: 368, break line after: 369.0, last line: 370.Folio number: 455rNotes: Colophon: End of third daftarLocation in text:Mohl -1, Preliminary materials, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Illuminated unvanFolio number: 456vLocation in text:Mohl -1a, Illuminations, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Anushirvan sits before the chessboard sent by the Raja of HindFolio number: 472vNotes: B/w ill. in Simsar, pl. XVIII, who has f. 470v. The catchword does not match the start of the next verse in Mohl, but the rest of the line is similar (see image of the facing illuminated page, f. 473r).Location in text:Mohl 41, Kisra Anushirvan (48 years), first line: 2704, break line before: 2712, break line after: 2713.0, last line: 2712.Illuminated page facing paintingScene Title:Illuminated pageFolio number: 473rLocation in text:Mohl -1a, Illuminations, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Seals on final pageScene Title:Seals of ownership or library marksFolio number: 561vNotes: See the detailed identification of these seals by Simsar, pp. 86-7.Location in text:Mohl -1, Preliminary materials, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Sample pageFolio number: 86rColophonFolio number: 561r

Mizanpaj 4 columns. 25 rows. Leaf height: 310 mm, width: 208 mm. Written height: 198 mm, width: 111 mm.

Not(lar) Patron: Muhammad Shah.

Menşei Yeri India, late Mughal

Köken (Provenance) See list of seals, dating from 1140/1727 to 1289/1872; originally from Royal Library of Muhammad Shah (1719-48).

Yazı Tipi Ta'liq.

Yüzyıl 1 1700s C.E.

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