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Kashkul, by Shaykh Bahā' al-Dīn Muḥammad `Āmilī (d. 1621)

Title	Kashkul, by Shaykh Bahā' al-Dīn Muḥammad `Āmilī (d. 1621)
Publication Date:	1666 (1076H)
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	271 mm x 172 mm x 32 mm (height x width x depth)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 378
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	1666 (1076H)
Notes	Kashkul, by Shaykh Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad `Āmilī (d. 1621). One of the great intellectuals of Shah `Abbās’s court in Isfahan, Shaykh Bahā’ī was the shah’s leading religious authority. He was a scientist and a poet, and a well-travelled scholar of Islamic law. Entitled Kashkul (the beggar’s bowl), Bahā’ī’s famous anthology gathers entertaining works of poetry, stories, quotations and mathematical proofs. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 144 folios, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with illuminated heading (sarlawh, fols. 1v, 53v, 90v) and leafy gold-painted margins (fols. 1v-2r), Kashkul, literary anthology by Shaykh Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad `Āmilī, known as Shaykh Bahā’ī (Baalbek 1547-1621 or 22 Isfahan), copied by Muḥammad Masīḥ, probably Isfahan, Iran, dated Dhu’l-Hijjah 1076H, June 1666.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Leather (material)
Nesne Adı	Codex
Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri	Muḥammad Masīḥ, Isfahan
Yazı Tipi	Nasta'liq script

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Kashkul, by Shaykh Bahā' al-Dīn Muḥammad `Āmilī (d. 1621)

Publication Date 1666 (1076H)

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 271 mm x 172 mm x 32 mm (height x width x depth)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 378

Library Location Persian collection

Date 1666 (1076H)

Notes Kashkul, by Shaykh Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad `Āmilī (d. 1621). One of the great intellectuals of Shah `Abbās’s court in Isfahan, Shaykh Bahā’ī was the shah’s leading religious authority. He was a scientist and a poet, and a well-travelled scholar of Islamic law. Entitled Kashkul (the beggar’s bowl), Bahā’ī’s famous anthology gathers entertaining works of poetry, stories, quotations and mathematical proofs. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 144 folios, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with illuminated heading (sarlawh, fols. 1v, 53v, 90v) and leafy gold-painted margins (fols. 1v-2r), Kashkul, literary anthology by Shaykh Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad `Āmilī, known as Shaykh Bahā’ī (Baalbek 1547-1621 or 22 Isfahan), copied by Muḥammad Masīḥ, probably Isfahan, Iran, dated Dhu’l-Hijjah 1076H, June 1666.

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

Nesne Adı Codex

Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri Muḥammad Masīḥ, Isfahan

Yazı Tipi Nasta'liq script