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Merits of Isfahan (Maḥāsin-e Iṣfahān), by Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Āvīl

Title	Merits of Isfahan (Maḥāsin-e Iṣfahān), by Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Āvīl
Publication Date:	c. 1350
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	253 mm x 180 mm x 36 mm (height x width x depth)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 312
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	c. 1350
Notes	Fine aspects of Isfahan (Mahāsin-e Iṣfahān), Persian translation of al-Māfarrukhī's Arabic original. An important centre of culture, learning and political history, the city of Isfahan held a proud literary tradition of works listing Isfahan’s urban legends, beautiful monuments, famous visitors and local inhabitants. This book also includes descriptions of the city’s parks, and of the pleasures of spring in Isfahan. The author lived in Isfahan in the late eleventh century, and the translator lived there in the fourteenth century. Codex, ink on paper, 155 folios, Persian text in ta`liq script, Fine aspects of Isfahan (Mahāsin-e Iṣfahān), Persian translation by Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn Abi'l-Reẓā al-Ḥusaynī al-Āvī, of Kitāb mahāsin Iṣfahān, a history of Isfahan's sights, marvels, poetry, and famous inhabitants, composed in Arabic c. 1072-1092 by Mufaḍḍal ibn Sa`d ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Māfarrukhī al-Iṣfahānī, incomplete text, unsigned, Iran, undated, c. 1350.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material)
Nesne Adı	Codex
Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri	Unknown, Unknown
Yazı Tipi	Naskh script

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Merits of Isfahan (Maḥāsin-e Iṣfahān), by Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Āvīl

Publication Date c. 1350

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 253 mm x 180 mm x 36 mm (height x width x depth)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 312

Library Location Persian collection

Date c. 1350

Notes Fine aspects of Isfahan (Mahāsin-e Iṣfahān), Persian translation of al-Māfarrukhī's Arabic original. An important centre of culture, learning and political history, the city of Isfahan held a proud literary tradition of works listing Isfahan’s urban legends, beautiful monuments, famous visitors and local inhabitants. This book also includes descriptions of the city’s parks, and of the pleasures of spring in Isfahan. The author lived in Isfahan in the late eleventh century, and the translator lived there in the fourteenth century. Codex, ink on paper, 155 folios, Persian text in ta`liq script, Fine aspects of Isfahan (Mahāsin-e Iṣfahān), Persian translation by Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn Abi'l-Reẓā al-Ḥusaynī al-Āvī, of Kitāb mahāsin Iṣfahān, a history of Isfahan's sights, marvels, poetry, and famous inhabitants, composed in Arabic c. 1072-1092 by Mufaḍḍal ibn Sa`d ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Māfarrukhī al-Iṣfahānī, incomplete text, unsigned, Iran, undated, c. 1350.

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

Nesne Adı Codex

Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri Unknown, Unknown

Yazı Tipi Naskh script