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Book of Ecstasy (Ḥālnāma), or The Ball and the Polo Mallet (Gūy o Chūgān), by Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad al-`Ārifī

Title	Book of Ecstasy (Ḥālnāma), or The Ball and the Polo Mallet (Gūy o Chūgān), by Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad al-`Ārifī
Author	Herat
Publication Date:	1527-1528 (934H)
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	208 mm x 139 mm x 17 mm (height x width x depth)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 194
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	1527-1528 (934H)
Notes	Book of Ecstasy (Ḥālnāma), or The Ball and the Polo Mallet (Gūy o Chūgān), by Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad al-`Ārifī. Codex, ink, colours and gold on gold-sprinkled paper, lacquer painted book covers, 24 folios, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with illuminated heading (sarlawh, fol. 1v), colophon (fol. 24r) and borders throughout, the Book of Ecstasy (Ḥālnāma), or The Ball and the Polo Mallet (Gūy-o-Chūgān), by Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad al-`Ārifī, first composed 1438 for Timurid prince Mīrzā Sulṭān-Muḥammad ibn Baysunghur, copied by `Alī al-Ḥusaynī al-Kātib (possibly Mīr `Alī al-Haravī), Herat, Afghanistan, dated 934H, 1527-1528.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Varnish
Nesne Adı	Codex
Yazı Tipi	Nasta'liq script

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Book of Ecstasy (Ḥālnāma), or The Ball and the Polo Mallet (Gūy o Chūgān), by Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad al-`Ārifī

Author Herat

Publication Date 1527-1528 (934H)

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 208 mm x 139 mm x 17 mm (height x width x depth)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 194

Library Location Persian collection

Date 1527-1528 (934H)

Notes Book of Ecstasy (Ḥālnāma), or The Ball and the Polo Mallet (Gūy o Chūgān), by Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad al-`Ārifī. Codex, ink, colours and gold on gold-sprinkled paper, lacquer painted book covers, 24 folios, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with illuminated heading (sarlawh, fol. 1v), colophon (fol. 24r) and borders throughout, the Book of Ecstasy (Ḥālnāma), or The Ball and the Polo Mallet (Gūy-o-Chūgān), by Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad al-`Ārifī, first composed 1438 for Timurid prince Mīrzā Sulṭān-Muḥammad ibn Baysunghur, copied by `Alī al-Ḥusaynī al-Kātib (possibly Mīr `Alī al-Haravī), Herat, Afghanistan, dated 934H, 1527-1528.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Varnish

Nesne Adı Codex

Yazı Tipi Nasta'liq script