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Abridged Book of Kings (Muntakhab-i Shahnama)

Title	Abridged Book of Kings (Muntakhab-i Shahnama)
Publication Date:	1660-1680
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	297 mm x 193 mm x 81 mm (height x width x depth)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	In 23
Library Location	Indian collection
Date	1660-1680
Notes	Abridged Book of Kings (Muntakhab-i Shahnama), by Tawakkul Beg. This is a shorter prose version of Firdausi's epic poem, the Book of Kings (Shahnama). The prose summary also includes verse extracts from the original. The abridgement was written in Kabul in 1643, by a military officer Tawakkul Beg, on the order of the Mughal governor of Kabul. At least twenty years later, this densely-illustrated copy was made in Sikakol, on the Deccan peninsula. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 423 folios, Persian text in nasta`liq script, 61 paintings, abridged prose version of Firdausi's Book of Kings (Shahnama), composed by Mughal court official Tawwakul Beg in Kabul, 1643, colophon (spuriously) dated 20 Jumada I 948H, 12 September 1541, Sikakol, Golconda, India, dateable 1660-1680.
Materyal	Paper (material), Leather (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Codex
Yazı Tipi	Nasta'liq script

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Abridged Book of Kings (Muntakhab-i Shahnama)

Publication Date 1660-1680

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 297 mm x 193 mm x 81 mm (height x width x depth)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID In 23

Library Location Indian collection

Date 1660-1680

Notes Abridged Book of Kings (Muntakhab-i Shahnama), by Tawakkul Beg. This is a shorter prose version of Firdausi's epic poem, the Book of Kings (Shahnama). The prose summary also includes verse extracts from the original. The abridgement was written in Kabul in 1643, by a military officer Tawakkul Beg, on the order of the Mughal governor of Kabul. At least twenty years later, this densely-illustrated copy was made in Sikakol, on the Deccan peninsula. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 423 folios, Persian text in nasta`liq script, 61 paintings, abridged prose version of Firdausi's Book of Kings (Shahnama), composed by Mughal court official Tawwakul Beg in Kabul, 1643, colophon (spuriously) dated 20 Jumada I 948H, 12 September 1541, Sikakol, Golconda, India, dateable 1660-1680.

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

Nesne Adı Codex

Yazı Tipi Nasta'liq script