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Sasanian king Yazdagird III flees to the mill in Merv in 651, from the Garden of Purity (Rawḍat al-ṣafā) by Mīr Khwānd (d. 1498)

Title	Sasanian king Yazdagird III flees to the mill in Merv in 651, from the Garden of Purity (Rawḍat al-ṣafā) by Mīr Khwānd (d. 1498)
Author	Shiraz
Publication Date:	1595 (1003H)
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	338 mm x 234 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 254.128
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	1595 (1003H)
Notes	Sasanian king Yazdagird III flees to the mill in Merv in 651, from the Garden of Purity (Rawḍat al-ṣafā) by Mīr Khwānd (d. 1498). Mīr Khwānd's history describes the early conquests by the Muslims, including their defeat of the Sasanian empire in Iran. Beaten on the battlefield in 642, the Sasanians' capital Ctesiphon (in modern Iraq) was sacked in 650. Final defeat came in 651, when the last Sasanian shah Yazdagird III fled, and took refuge by hiding in a water-mill, near the city of Merv (in modern Turkmenistan). Eventually the king was tracked down and killed, in 651. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with painting (on recto), from the Garden of purity on the lives of prophets, kings and caliphs (Rawḍat al-ṣafā fī sīrat al-anbiyā’ wa al-mulūk wa al-khulafā’), by Muḥammad Khawāndshāh ibn Maḥmūd, or Mīr Khwānd (d. 1498), volume 2 of his universal history, describes the biographies of the Prophet Muḥammad and the four Rashidun Caliphs, copied by Maḥmūd ibn Hājjī al-Jahramī, probably Shiraz, Iran, dated 24 Rajab 1003H, 4 April 1595.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi	Nasta`liq script

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Sasanian king Yazdagird III flees to the mill in Merv in 651, from the Garden of Purity (Rawḍat al-ṣafā) by Mīr Khwānd (d. 1498)

Author Shiraz

Publication Date 1595 (1003H)

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 338 mm x 234 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 254.128

Library Location Persian collection

Date 1595 (1003H)

Notes Sasanian king Yazdagird III flees to the mill in Merv in 651, from the Garden of Purity (Rawḍat al-ṣafā) by Mīr Khwānd (d. 1498). Mīr Khwānd's history describes the early conquests by the Muslims, including their defeat of the Sasanian empire in Iran. Beaten on the battlefield in 642, the Sasanians' capital Ctesiphon (in modern Iraq) was sacked in 650. Final defeat came in 651, when the last Sasanian shah Yazdagird III fled, and took refuge by hiding in a water-mill, near the city of Merv (in modern Turkmenistan). Eventually the king was tracked down and killed, in 651. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with painting (on recto), from the Garden of purity on the lives of prophets, kings and caliphs (Rawḍat al-ṣafā fī sīrat al-anbiyā’ wa al-mulūk wa al-khulafā’), by Muḥammad Khawāndshāh ibn Maḥmūd, or Mīr Khwānd (d. 1498), volume 2 of his universal history, describes the biographies of the Prophet Muḥammad and the four Rashidun Caliphs, copied by Maḥmūd ibn Hājjī al-Jahramī, probably Shiraz, Iran, dated 24 Rajab 1003H, 4 April 1595.

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

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Yazı Tipi Nasta`liq script