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History of the Safavid shahs up to 1667, by Murtaẓā Qulī

Title	History of the Safavid shahs up to 1667, by Murtaẓā Qulī
Author	Isfahan
Publication Date:	c. 1668-1670
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	300 mm x 196 mm x 25 mm (height x length x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Per 279
Library Location	Persian collection
Date	c. 1668-1670
Notes	History of the Safavid shahs up to 1667, by Murtaẓā Qulī. Codex, ink, colours and gold on gold-sprinkled paper, lacquer book covers, 138 folios, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with illuminated title page (sarlawh, fol. 1v) and gold foliate borders (fols. 1v-2r), and 22 paintings, (1: fols. 1v-86) untitled history of the Safavid shahs up to the initial accession of Safī II in 1666 (1077H), composed 1667-1668 (1087H) by Murtaẓā Qulī, Ardabil shrine guardian, (2: fols. 87-138r) poetry, (3: fols. 1r, 138v) verses signed `Alī Reẓā al-Kātib, paintings signed Muẓaffar `Alī (fols. 6v, 44r, 63v) and Reẓā-ye Muṣavvir (fol. 11r, 17v, 27v, 32v), Isfahan, Iran, undated, c. 1670.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Varnish, Lacquer
Nesne Adı	Codex
Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri	Unknown, Isfahan
Yazı Tipi	Nasta'liq script

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History of the Safavid shahs up to 1667, by Murtaẓā Qulī

Author Isfahan

Publication Date c. 1668-1670

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 300 mm x 196 mm x 25 mm (height x length x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Per 279

Library Location Persian collection

Date c. 1668-1670

Notes History of the Safavid shahs up to 1667, by Murtaẓā Qulī. Codex, ink, colours and gold on gold-sprinkled paper, lacquer book covers, 138 folios, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with illuminated title page (sarlawh, fol. 1v) and gold foliate borders (fols. 1v-2r), and 22 paintings, (1: fols. 1v-86) untitled history of the Safavid shahs up to the initial accession of Safī II in 1666 (1077H), composed 1667-1668 (1087H) by Murtaẓā Qulī, Ardabil shrine guardian, (2: fols. 87-138r) poetry, (3: fols. 1r, 138v) verses signed `Alī Reẓā al-Kātib, paintings signed Muẓaffar `Alī (fols. 6v, 44r, 63v) and Reẓā-ye Muṣavvir (fol. 11r, 17v, 27v, 32v), Isfahan, Iran, undated, c. 1670.

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

Nesne Adı Codex

Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri Unknown, Isfahan

Yazı Tipi Nasta'liq script