Publication Date
1614 (1023H)
Type
Document
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
282 mm x 168 mm x 32 mm (height x width x depth)
Library
Chester Beatty
Record ID
Per 262
Library Location
Persian collection
Date
1614 (1023H)
Notes
Anthology (Dīvān), by Fāryābi (d. 1201). This manuscript was made for the library of Husayn Khan Shamlu, who ruled as the governor of Safavid Herat from 1598 to 1618. His name is written across the tent doorway in one lively scene (fol. 80r) of musicians and revellers enjoying a party in the countryside. Throughout Iran, many centres of power lay in the provinces far beyond the capital, controlled by regional governors appointed by the shah. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 91 folios, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with illuminated title page (sarlawh, fol. 1v), colophon (fol. 91r) and headings throughout, 3 paintings (fols. 32v, 67v, 80r), and replaced outer borders (fols. 1-33, 66-91), Anthology (Dīvān), by Ẓahīr al-Dīn Abū al-Faẓl Ṭāhir Fāryābī (1156-1201, Tabriz), produced for the library (kitābkhāna) of Ḥusayn Khān Shāmlū (Safavid governor of Herat, 1598-1618), copied by Shāh Qāsim, Herat, Afghanistan, dated Jumada I 1023H, June 1614.
Materyal
Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı
Codex
Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri
Shah Qasim, Herat
Yazı Tipi
Nasta'liq script
